Oil seekers are waiting in the wings

Vibroseis vehicles with the company Rhein Petroleum unmatched in the region for oil fields. From September, the all-terrain trucks to send out sound waves in the Viernheimer underground.

 Four home. The results of the seismic survey in the South Hessian Ried are still pending, because the measurement train rolled on already. From the beginning of September, the company Rhein Petroleum is, according to its spokesman Marcus Gernsbeck in four home and surroundings by looking sonar for oil. To educate the public about the special projects, the company charges on Wednesday, 25 July, 19 clock, one at a briefing in the Council Chamber of City Hall. In addition, the project office at the Alfred-Nobel-Straße 14 in the questions.

 First Councillor Martin Ringhof Rhein Petroleum has asked for information about their openness in communication. The aim of the presentation by CEO Dr. Michael Suana is to recognize the people in advance to take the fear of the strange-looking measurements. Damage to homes includes a geologist from the outset.



 Ringhof even look towards the project even positive. He hopes "less oil", that would be owned by the state anyway. What the building department much more interested in the geological data, new insights into the success of a future geothermal project could bring. Either way, is the exploration of the area between the core and surface, "an exciting story." By mid-November, look for specialists in Heidelberg in the license area "wine and home environment" for the black gold. The 75-square-foot complex includes the two castles City Hirschberg, Hemsbach - and just four homes. Captures the entire urban area of ​​southern Hesse municipality, from the southern district boundary to the north. In the West, according to the survey area ranges expected to Rhein Petroleum in the area east of the Heinrich-Lanz-ring and continue in a straight line to the north-west to the Viernheimer triangle.

 As the measurement method is the so-called vibroseismics used, which makes it possible to create a three-dimensional map of the subsurface. Off-road truck while driving from well-defined routes. Every 40 meters will send a hydraulically retractable floor plate for ten to twelve seconds sound waves into the ground, reflected by the different rock layers. These recurring sound waves are recorded by Erdmikrofonen and fed into a support vehicle. Per day, the test train is moving in this way three or four kilometers.

 Great emphasis Marcus Gernsbeck that the party only to the city and private owners shared roads and paths in transit. In the coming weeks, employees of a partner company in the city were on their way to speak with the affected landowners. Are the permits, first, the measurement points defined and marked with wooden stakes. In a second step, the experts divided the geophones and cables to connect it with orange.

 In a few weeks then the three vibroseis vehicles will roll through four home and allow the representation of the subsurface to depths of several kilometers. "Just right next to the vehicles is a slight vibration felt," said company spokesman Gernsbeck. A permanent noise would have the four home residents fear not, anyway.