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Quasar rolls out new sensor for undersea explorations: detection device could cut the costs of oil and gas drilling.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 22-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Quasar rolls out new sensor for undersea explorations: detection device could cut the costs of oil and gas drilling.(TECHNOLOGY)(Matsushita Electric Corporation of America. Quasar Company Div.)

Article Excerpt
Quasar is rolling out deepwater sensors used to detect gas and oil deposits beneath the ocean floor originally developed through military-related research.

Known as Quantum Applied Science and Research, or Quasar, the Sorrento Mesa company says its deepwater sensor uses a low-frequency electromagnetic sensor technology popular in oil and gas field surveys.

However, the sensor is more sensitive than current devices, the company claims. It's also 200 pounds lighter and requires fewer people to hoist from the water, company executives say.

All of that improves operational efficiencies of ocean surveys, which are often conducted in rough seas....

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