Pre-drill intelligence for the energy transition
Geothermal Energy Exploration
The challenge: geothermal development is capital-intensive and front-loaded with geological risk. Identifying viable reservoir targets — right temperature, permeability, and depth — before a multi-million pound drill programme is a defining challenge.
–Lithology classification — chalk, sandstone, granite and sedimentary sequences to target depth.
–Reservoir candidates — rank intervals by probabilistic sand / permeability indicators.
–Boundary mapping — formation tops and bases with depth precision.
–Proxy temperature — correlates strongly with independent geothermal gradient data.
–Cross-well calibration — integrate results across sites into a regional model.
Active programmes: currently delivering ADR scanning and analysis across multiple sites in Denmark, at depths to 3,000m and beyond.
A geothermal well is your single biggest cost and your biggest schedule risk. A mislocated or underperforming well can undermine a project’s economics before first power. VEXRAD helps you see the resource before the rig arrives.
Critical Minerals Exploration
The challenge: the energy transition depends on lithium, cobalt, copper and rare earths — exploration constrained by the same high pre-drill uncertainty and cost of finding out whether a target is viable.
–Target screening — assess structural and lithological prospectivity before surveys or drilling.
–Lithology mapping — identify mineralised horizons, alteration zones and host rock.
–Structural interpretation — map boundaries and discontinuities relevant to mineralisation.
–Data integration — complement and extend conventional geophysical datasets.
Roughly 1 in 1,000 grassroots targets ever becomes a mine, and drilling is the largest, riskiest line in your exploration budget. VEXRAD helps you rank targets and cut wasted metres before the rig turns.
Subsurface Characterisation
–Water – subsurface water aquifers reflect high dielectric ADR readings that contrast greatly to the surrounding rocks.
– Civil & geotechnical — subsurface conditions for infrastructure, tunnelling and construction.
–Archaeology & heritage — non-invasive scanning of heritage sites and buried features.
–Structural & materials — dielectric sensitivity extends to built-environment applications.
“I was born on a croft in Shetland, and I’ve lived to see this technology used on every continent on Earth, including Antarctica. That still astonishes the island boy in me.” Dr G. Colin Stove, Inventor of ADR