George Applegate & Associates

Oil Exploration by modern Dowsing Methods

For many years the U.S.A. and Russia have led the world with experienced dowsers who specialised in dowsing for oil. One of the leaders was P.C. Brown (U.S.A.) who was frequently employed by major oil companies and has many recorded successes. He was paid a substantial retaining fee on contract to Richfield Oil Company and was also employed by Signal Oil and Gas, Standard Oil, Getty Oil and other smaller companies.

Paul Brown developed a dowsing procedure which was difficult to understand and regarded as non-conventional by petroleum geologists and scientists. However the recorded evidence proved his success but no clear information is available that outlines the exact method of procedure.

There are several articles and details of other American oil dowsers and one who has outlined his methods of operation is the late Vern L Cameron, also a very successful dowser for oil and water, and who developed a particular method and a special tool which he called a petrol meter.

Brief summaries of other dowsers for oil are recorded – all having risen from the ranks of water dowsers.

The munger oilogram also called in the U.S.A. a type of doodlebug, in the hands of a trained operator recorded several successes for Supreme Oil. Paul Brown was one of the really successful oil dowsers and being a Graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a qualified Electronics Engineer, recorded several important successes for Mobil Oil Company. There is no doubt that Paul Brown was held in high esteem by many major oil companies in the U.S.A.

The author has been a successful water dowser for fifty-two years, with a development list of over 2,200 successful developments, both in the U.K. and many countries abroad. And with a failure rate of less 1% and is surprised that oil companies are spending such huge sums of money on exploration work and with such a high failure rate, there must be a very strong case for having reliable and particular methods that can be fully explained and what of course is required is to maximise upon the experience of petroleum geologists and dowsers who would work together as a team.

Having been successful when locating a serious oil leak in an oil pipeline after weeks of excavation by contractors, it was rewarding to find a serious hole in the pipeline, which was soon repaired.

For over five years we have now practised around successful oil wells that are producing and others that were unsuccessful. The most rewarding work has been in Romania where we have also located an undeveloped source.

We have worked in Spain on a regular basis for many years and again have located an undeveloped site where drilling for oil would be successful. Having now developed what we consider and expect to be a reliable method of working to locate oil field sites, we would also automatically define sites where drilling will not be successful and with the very high cost of drilling it is equally important to know where not to drill! Working in close co-operation with petroleum geologists provides the best method of working to ensure a satisfactory development of a new field. Of course the final responsibility for siting the borehole rests with the dowser.

After a few successful developments it will be possible to estimate both depth and volume with the accuracy which can be undertaken with boreholes for extraction of water. Sites that have been visited and tested have been Kimmeridge, Wytch Farm, etc., and numerous working sites in Romania where we will be undertaking work further in the year.