11.   Supercomputers and three-dimensional seismic surveys now allow companies to find oil that lay camouflaged beneath massive layers of salt.

12.   The company is also set to conduct a seismic survey of the Phu Hom area in Udon Thani province.

13.   The first phase of the seismic survey is expected to last two years, it said.

14.   Two European companies have begun the first seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration carried out off the Bangladesh coast, officials said Sunday.

15.   Last summer, an Iranian warship threatened to fire on an Azeri oil research vessel carrying out a seismic survey in the area.

16.   Mobil will soon conduct its own seismic survey of the south continental shelf of Vietnam.

17.   Seismic surveys are also being carried out in some old oilfields with a view to enhancing the production, he added.

18.   The initial site and seismic surveys for the new reactors have already been carried out at Shinpo without any difficulties.