Around Orenburg, TNK-BPs experts have found pre-historic atolls, while a meteorite impact crater was spotted in the Pulytinsky license.
There is an example of something that is fully accepted to be a meteorite impact crater in the North Sea. We think we have found something very similar in Western Siberia. You just recognise it because its round and as an impact crater it has a hole in the middle and a very concentric pattern - Chris Einchcomb, TNK-BP Vice President for Exploration.
TNK-BP Offers a New Dimension on 3-D Seismic In addition to allowing experts to see through the landmass, 3D technology is effectively a tool for travelling back in time. The final product a seismic cube not only helps to pinpoint locations of oil-bearing structures, but offers a glimpse of ancient landscapes. A trained eye can spot paleo-rivers, atolls that once rose within long-vanished seas and even impact craters left by meteorites that hit the planet hundreds of millions of years ago.