Abstract: Method and kit useful in geochemical exploration for petroleum oils. The method involves contacting a soil sample with serum from a rabbit that has not been immunized with petroleum oils, and determining the amount of the bound serum as indicative of the presence of petroleum oils in the geographic region from which the sample was obtained.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 1989
Date of Patent:
May 14, 1991
Assignee:
Banbury Gold Mines Ltd.
Inventors:
Shawn R. T. Severn, Henry Rodriguez, Renato R. A. Danesin, Bryan E. Imber