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Adrok<br />
Field crew scann<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
oil <strong>in</strong> Oklahoma<br />
they embark on drill<strong>in</strong>g programmes and<br />
Adrok’s technology is be<strong>in</strong>g used to guide<br />
said clients to the best places to drill for<br />
success. Additionally it is help<strong>in</strong>g to reduce<br />
the number of drill holes required, thus<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g clients success rates.<br />
“With our success to date <strong>in</strong> the oil and gas<br />
sector we have begun to turn our attention<br />
towards also gett<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> projects of<br />
our own mak<strong>in</strong>g, almost becom<strong>in</strong>g someth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of a pseudo oil company ourselves,” Stove<br />
reveals. “At present we are work<strong>in</strong>g to pick<br />
up such projects and are embark<strong>in</strong>g on<br />
negotiations with several companies <strong>in</strong> the<br />
US about com<strong>in</strong>g together to operate jo<strong>in</strong>t<br />
undertak<strong>in</strong>gs. It means that our bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
focus will <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly turn to not just<br />
provid<strong>in</strong>g expert services to certa<strong>in</strong> clients,<br />
but also towards tak<strong>in</strong>g an active <strong>in</strong>terest<br />
<strong>in</strong> what we f<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> the ground.”<br />
The oil and gas sector also provides the base<br />
for a field of expertise that Adrok and Stove<br />
are very excited to progress <strong>in</strong>to. “I believe<br />
that a real breakthrough for the company<br />
<strong>in</strong> the near future will come from deliver<strong>in</strong>g<br />
advanced monitor<strong>in</strong>g solutions for exist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
oilfields,” he says. “With<strong>in</strong> the vast majority<br />
of oil companies one will f<strong>in</strong>d an advanced<br />
oil recovery programme and we want to<br />
be a part of that. By <strong>in</strong>stall<strong>in</strong>g a permanent<br />
<strong>in</strong>stallation <strong>in</strong> the ground, complete with<br />
our sensors and scanners, we will be able to<br />
monitor levels of oil and water <strong>in</strong> the ground,<br />
as well as steam <strong>in</strong>jection, water <strong>in</strong>jection and<br />
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