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Understanding an Optical Image Profiler (OIP)

By Eagle Synergistic | December 10, 2018 | Comments Off on Understanding an Optical Image Profiler (OIP)

The Optical Image Profiler is a powerful tool from GeoProbe’s Direct Imaging toolkit. The OIP probe contains a UV-light emitting semiconductor. As the OIP probe is advanced by direct push drilling operations, free phase petroleum (LNAPL) is induced to fluoresce by the UV-light. A small camera within the probe (beneath a sapphire window) is able…