Russian scientists discover new way to search for oil

Researchers from the Laboratory of Marine Invertebrate Biology of the Institute of Natural Sciences of the Far Eastern State University (FEFU) in Vladivostok identified the barbed sea creature pogonophora as an indicator of where there are oil and gas deposits under the ocean, the university announced.

After studying the structure and synthesis of their organic compounds, the researchers came to the conclusion that pogonophora live in promising areas with hydrocarbon mineral exploitation areas of the world's oceans.

Vladimir Malakhov, Head of the FEFU Laboratory of Marine Invertebrate Biology, said: all species of Pogonophora living in shallow water are also found in places where oil and gas exploration or extraction has taken place - for example, in the North and Barents Seas, off the coast of Sakhalin. In the Far East, pogonophores are found in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Bering Sea.

BP drills for crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 1.5 km, and there it also found Pogonophora tubules growing in clumps. "Humanity still has hydrocarbon reserves at great depths in the ocean, and where to look for them, pogonophora will show you where to look," said Mr. Malakhov.

According to Sputnik