  Magnetic sensing platform techniques have been used in many years in an
attempt to better evaluate the likelihood of recoverable hydrocarbon reservoirs
by determining the depth and pattern of sedimentary rock formations containing
magnetic minerals, such as magnetite. Utilizing airplanes, large-area magnetic
surveys have been conducted to estimate, for example, the depth of igneous rock
and the thickness of sedimentary rock formations. In this case, the vector
magnetic survey method can simultaneously obtain the modulus and direction
information of the Earth's magnetic field, which can effectively reduce the
multiplicity on data inversion, contribute to the quantitative interpretation
of the magnetic body and obtain more precise information and characteristics of
magnetic field resource, so as to improve the detection resolution and
positioning accuracy of the underground target body. This paper presents a
state-of-the-art review of the application situations, the technical features,
and the development of the vector magnetic sensing platform-technical aspects
for different application scenarios, i.e., ground, wells, marine, airborne, and
satellites, respectively. The potential of multi-survey sensing platform
technique fusion for magnetic field detection is also discussed.
