Show TV in oil fields tele ision cameras someday may be routine oil field equipment engineering gin gi studies are underway to determine if television teleN islon cameras can be designed in such a way that drillers drillars dr illers can see going on n at the bottom of wells it is believed that such an art apparatus would save the industry considerable time and money this is particularly true when drillers drillars dr illers lave to fish for a fallen bit or a tool too or some other obstacle that Is blocking the well the TV cameras also alo would enable able drillers drillars dr illers to inspect the walls of a well cort antly and would help them keep a close check on the different strata which the drill bits pass through because oil wells seldom are more than six inches in diameter the proposed TV cameras would have to be long and slender A special still camera of this type already has been designed and if Is in use in some oil fields |