VEXRAD • From Geological Question to Drill Decision
How a VEXRAD Project Works
A VEXRAD project is designed around a decision — not around collecting data for its own sake. Start with one target or geological question, define what evidence would be useful, then build the programme in proportion to the decision and the uncertainty.
Indicative project stages. The exact route depends on target type, location, access, available evidence and project scope.
The project pathway
From first question to independent test.
The stages below show what you provide, what VEXRAD does and what you receive. Times are indicative rather than commitments and are confirmed when scope, access and data availability are understood.
Your Target
Start with the decision you need to make — a proposed drill location, prospect, reservoir, groundwater target or geological question.
Target location, objective, approximate depth and the decision you are trying to make.
Frames the target as a clear subsurface question that can be assessed for ADR suitability.
A clear starting point for the Project Fit Check.
Project Fit Check
A rapid first assessment of whether the target appears suitable for further VEXRAD evaluation.
Basic project information and any immediately available maps, sections or background material.
Reviews target geometry, objective, access, depth and available independent evidence.
An initial view on project fit and the most sensible next step.
ADR Opportunity Report
A fixed-price desktop study before committing to field acquisition.
Available geology, geophysics, drilling, target models and relevant project constraints.
Reviews the evidence, assesses ADR fit, defines the geological question and develops an initial survey concept.
A concise opportunity assessment, proposed next step and basis for deciding whether a pilot is justified.
*Indicative and subject to data volume and availability.
Survey Design
Translate the geological question into a practical acquisition plan.
Site access information, coordinates, operational constraints and relevant HSE requirements.
Selects survey locations, target depths, controls and acquisition strategy; agrees scope and logistics.
A defined survey plan, locations, deliverables, programme and quotation.
Field Acquisition
ADR data are acquired at the selected surface locations.
Agreed site access, local coordination and project-specific safety or permitting support.
Mobilises the ADR system, performs field checks and acquires data to the agreed survey design.
A completed acquisition programme and field dataset ready for processing.
Processing & Virtual Boreholes
Field measurements are processed into depth-referenced ADR outputs and Virtual Borehole interpretations.
Any agreed calibration or comparison datasets that can strengthen interpretation.
Processes ADR responses, reviews dielectric/conductivity and other diagnostic outputs, and constructs Virtual Borehole interpretations.
Virtual Borehole outputs highlighting interpreted intervals, boundaries, anomalies and confidence context.
Integrated Interpretation
ADR evidence is evaluated alongside the geology and other independent information.
Project interpretation context and any newly available geological or geophysical evidence.
Compares locations, assesses interpreted target intervals and documents uncertainty and evidence strength.
An integrated interpretation designed to support target prioritisation and the next exploration decision.
Drill Decision
Use the additional evidence to decide whether to drill, reprioritise, investigate further or stop.
Your technical, commercial and operational decision criteria.
Presents the ADR interpretation, limitations and evidence in a form suitable for technical review.
Another evidence layer to inform the decision — not a guarantee of geological or commercial outcome.
Validation & Learning
Where drilling or other independent evidence becomes available, compare prediction with outcome.
Where agreed, drilling, logging, assay or other independent results relevant to the prediction.
Compares interpreted predictions with independent evidence and documents matches, misses and uncertainty.
A validation comparison that can improve confidence, calibration and future programme design.
Choose the right starting point
You don’t have to buy the whole journey.
Free Project Fit Check
For an early-stage question: could VEXRAD be relevant here?
Free
START FIT CHECKADR Opportunity Report
For a serious target that needs a structured desktop assessment before field spend.
£2,500 + VAT
ASK ABOUT THE REPORTPilot / Full Programme
For targets ready for field testing, Virtual Boreholes and integrated interpretation.
Scoped to project
DISCUSS A PROGRAMMEThe aim is not to maximise survey size. It is to collect the right evidence, at the right locations, to improve the next decision.
What a client should expect
A staged, decision-led project.
The easiest way to begin
Start with one target.
Show us the drill location, prospect or geological question you are trying to resolve. We can start by deciding whether ADR is a sensible fit — before you commit to a larger programme.