Russian scientists discover a new way to search for oil.

Researchers at the "Marine Invertebrates" laboratory of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the Far Eastern National University (FEFU) in Vladivostok have identified the antennae-bearing marine organism Pogonophora as an indicator of where oil and gas deposits are located beneath the ocean floor, the university announced.

After studying their structure and synthesizing their organic compounds, researchers concluded that pogonophora live in promising areas of the world's oceans where hydrocarbon mineral resources are extracted.

Vladimir Malakhov, head of the "Marine Invertebrates" laboratory at FEFU, stated that all types of pogonophora living in shallow waters are also found in areas where oil and gas exploration or exploitation has taken place – for example, in the North Sea and Barents Sea, off the coast of Sakhalin. In the Far East, pogonophores are found in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Bering Sea.

BP is extracting crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 1.5 km, and there, they have also discovered clusters of tubular Pogonophora. "Humanity still has hydrocarbon reserves in deep ocean areas, and wherever we should look for them, Pogonophora will point the way," Malakhov said.

According to Sputnik