page_title: Hydrocarbon exploration
hierarchical_section_title: Hydrocarbon exploration
caption_attribution_description: English: Drilling rig with drill pipes, next to containers for the drilling fluid, 1985Deutsch: Bohrturm mit Bohrgestängerohren, daneben Behälter für die Bohrflüssigkeit.
context_page_description: Hydrocarbon exploration is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for deposits of hydrocarbons, particularly petroleum and natural gas, in the Earth using petroleum geology.
context_section_description: Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for deposits of hydrocarbons, particularly petroleum and natural gas, in the Earth using petroleum geology.
caption: Onshore Drilling Rig
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