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Friday, June 18, 2010
(Mukilteo, Washington) – Vista Clara Inc. is pleased to announce the successful completion of field tests of its new NMR logging tool: Javelin. For the first time an economical slimhole NMR logging tool is available to hydrologists, civil engineers, mining engineers and environmental remediation specialists.
Vista Clara's Javelin combines high power, advanced electronics and precision measurements in a small package to enable high resolution NMR logging in boreholes as small as 2 inches in diameter. Vista Clara's Principal Engineer Peter Turner said, "Javelin is an exciting complement to our GMR surface NMR system. With Javelin, hydrologists can directly measure water content, porosity and permeability at sub-meter resolution, non-invasively and without resorting to pumping tests."
The principal field tests were conducted in April and May 2010 in cooperation with the US Geological Survey, the Kansas Geological Survey, the Central Platte Natural Resources District, Boise State University, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The Javelin tool successfully and accurately logged environmental and water resources wells in Idaho, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Connecticut and Massachusetts, at logging depths up to 130 meters (430 feet) below the ground surface, in most cases revealing new information on the aquifer and its hydraulic properties.
Borehole NMR tools use the physics of magnetic resonance imaging to detect underground fluids (principally water and oil) and estimate the permeability and storage potential of aquifers and subsurface reservoirs. Borehole NMR logging has been widely used for oil and gas exploration for over 2 decades, but until today, the size, weight and very high cost of oil-field NMR logging tools has excluded their use in hydrology and environmental investigations. Vista Clara President Dave Walsh said "Many people in the groundwater sector have been asking for this tool for years. We made it a reality."
Vista Clara plans and conducts scientifically advanced, economical and revealing groundwater investigations using our exclusive NMR-based geophysical tools, and provides interpretation and data integration with conventional groundwater models.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
(Everett, Washington) – Vista Clara Inc. has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovations Research grant from the US Department of Energy, to develop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation and methods for characterizing hydrology in the unsaturated zone.
The unsaturated zone is the portion of the Earth that lies between the ground surface and the water table. The hydrology of the unsaturated zone plays a crucial role in groundwater recharge and in the transport and fate of groundwater contaminants. This 2-year research and development effort will develop advanced NMR instrumentation and analysis techniques to estimate and image key hydrological parameters in the unsaturated zone.
This new research and development program builds on Vista Clara's substantial core technology base in geophysical NMR instrumentation and software for hydrological and environmental applications. Vista Clara pioneered the development and use of multi-channel surface nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging for groundwater investigations. Vista Clara continues to lead in surface NMR instrument design with GMR, Vista Clara’s patented, state-of-the-art commercial surface NMR instrument.
“The unsaturated zone is the new frontier for NMR geophysics,"said Dr. David Walsh, President and CEO of Vista Clara. "As a company, Vista Clara is pleased and excited to be leading the development of NMR geophysics for unsaturated zone hydrology."
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
(Everett, Washington) – Vista Clara is pleased to announce the sale of a GMR groundwater imaging instrument to the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geosciences (LIAG) in Hannover, Germany. The Leibniz Institute for Applied Geosciences is one of the world’s leading institutes in the fields of geophysics and groundwater research (www.liag-hannover.de/en).
After completing two weeks of successful groundwater investigations in 2008 using the GMR system at various sites in Germany, the LIAG supplied a purchase order to obtain a GMR instrument. The new system will be flown for delivery from Everett, Washington to Hannover, Germany, where Prof. Dr. Ugur Yarmanci of LAIG and his research group will utilize it in groundwater and geophysical investigations.
Vista Clara pioneered the develpment and use of multi-channel surface nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging for groundwater investigations. GMR is Vista Clara’s patented, state-of-the-art system in surface NMR technology. GMR combines powerful and precise multi-channel data acquisition with advanced multi-channel application software for precise and economical groundwater investigations. It is quickly becoming the new standard in the field of groundwater imaging and aquifer characterization.
Professor Yaramanci and his colleagues in Germany have been at the forefront of the development of surface NMR applications for over a decade. “We are excited to witness the innovative research being performed by LIAG using our GMR system,” said Dr. David Walsh, President and CEO of Vista Clara.
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Monday, August 25, 2008
(Everett, Washington, USA) – Vista Clara has shipped the latest GeoMRI groundwater instrument, "GMR", for two weeks of groundwater investigations to be performed at many locations in Germany.
The new GMR system is lighter and more portable than its predecessor due to the new modular, component design. Now, Vista Clara can ship the instrument easily to international locations to perform groundwater surveys and investigations.
Vista Clara’s GeoMRI technology has become the new standard in groundwater imaging. This is the only groundwater imaging system in the world that can provide two dimensional images of free water content and relative permeability to depths of 150 meters.
Vista Clara currently provides groundwater imaging services using the GeoMRI and GMR systems to the US Geological Survey, the US Department of Energy and other customers in North America.
“We are pleased to be able to be leading the way for advanced technology in groundwater imaging and aquifer characterization,” said Dr. David Walsh, President and CEO of Vista Clara.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
(Seattle, Washington, USA) - Vista Clara is pleased to announce the launch of GeoMRI Groundwater Services. GeoMRI Groundwater Services is a new business unit of Vista Clara Inc., providing on-site surface nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements, post-processing, and hydrogeological analysis to image and assess the hydraulic properties of aquifers to depths up to 150 meters. Vista Clara is also pleased to announce initial purchase orders from the US Geological Survey for GeoMRI services in Nebraska and Texas, and from Stanford University for GeoMRI services in Central California.
GeoMRI is a proprietary, non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that is used to detect and image groundwater distributions in one, two, or even three dimensions. Vista Clara's GeoMRI system incorporates advanced noise cancellation capabilities to enable effective surface NMR surveys in the vicinity of cultural noise sources.
GeoMRI technology was developed by Vista Clara with funding from the United States National Science Foundation. U.S. and international patents are pending. Vista Clara's GeoMRI technology is featured in the September 2007 issue of EEGS FastTimes (page 21).
Vista Clara is an engineering and geophysical science innovator in the fields of low-field NMR, magnetics, signal processing, and advanced sensor development. Vista Clara provides superior performance and timely delivery of services and products to commercial and governmental customers. To learn more about Vista Clara please view our website at www.vista-clara.com .
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
(Seattle, Washington, USA) - Vista Clara is pleased to announce the successful completion of this summer's tests using its new groundwater imaging system. Field testing was performed at various locations in the Western US with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and with the participation of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Stanford University, and Dave Campbell, Ph.D. with the University of Iowa. The field of groundwater exploration and management is a rapidly expanding sector as more industries and municipalities compete for fresh water, an essential resource. Vista Clara is meeting the increased need for efficient groundwater development and management by developing a new technology that can noninvasively detect, locate and characterize groundwater in three dimensions.
Vista Clara's groundwater imaging system was shown to produce reliable 2D and 3D images of groundwater in a variety of geological conditions. Multiple test sites were chosen in the Rocky Mountain and western states and testing was conducted over a couple of months led by Principal Investigator and company President David O. Walsh, Ph.D.
Vista Clara is an engineering and geophysical science innovator in the fields of low-field NMR, magnetics, signal processing, and advanced sensor development. Vista Clara provides superior performance and timely delivery of services and products to commercial and governmental customers. To learn more about Vista Clara please view our website at www.vista-clara.com .