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Image Collection:

Spatial Energy provides geospatial services using remote sensing imagery from QuickBird, IKONOS, WorldView-1, LandSat, SPOT, MODIS, ASTER satellites, and from digital aerial cameras such as the UltraCam, ADS40, and DMC. In addition to multi-spectral imagery from the above sources, Spatial Energy provides digital elevation data (DEM) derived from LIDAR data, UltraCam, and other sources.

Imagery is available on demand from our extensive data archives, by tasking satellites/aerial providers, and by speculative collection. Spatial Energy has established preferred relationships with the leading data providers and can thus select the best source(s) to meet your particular application. In addition, programs such as the Spatial Energy Partner Program (EPP), R-Watch, and Spatial On Demand® provide simplified, cost effective access to imagery.

Remote Sensing Development and Production

Change Detection

Energy companies need accurate and timely information about their worldwide assets, including facilities and disturbed land features resulting from exploration. Collecting such data through field surveys is time consuming and costly. As an alternative, Spatial Energy offers Change Detection services using temporal sequence of imagery to monitor and quantify changes of user specific features over time. High and medium resolution satellite imagery is collected and then analyzed using proprietary algorithms to identify spatial, spectral and temporal characteristics. Robust and timely maps depict land feature changes and associated statistics.

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Change Detection Services Offered

Change detection can be used for variety of applications, such as the quantification of re-vegetation activities in disturbed areas; monitoring of facilities, movement of oil spills (land and sea), pipeline encroachment, and changes in ice/snow extent. Because imagery used in this process is ortho-rectified, Spatial Energy can customize the feature map such that it can be leveraged fits within the customer’s decision system to support production management, analysis of disturbances due to exploration activities and logistic planning.

The changed map resulting from the change detection process shows the spatial distribution of changed features within a specified area of interest. The process uses imagery collected before (baseline) and after the changes occur to help identify features from baseline imagery, monitor their condition, and identify new features of interest based on subsequent imagery. All changed features and associated statistics are provided in map formats ready for ingest in the customer’s decision support system.

Hydrocarbon Map Sample

Feature Extraction

Energy companies need accurate and timely information about their worldwide assets, including disturbed land features resulting from exploration. Gathering such information through field surveys is time consuming and costly. As an alternative, high and medium resolution radar and optical satellite imagery can be collected and then analyzed using proprietary algorithms to identify spatial, spectral, and temporal characteristics and to produce robust and timely land feature maps and associated statistics.

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Services Offered
Spatial Energy’s Feature Extraction service uses state-of-the-art image segmentation and classification techniques. Features that can be extracted from imagery include facilities (e.g., building foot prints), transportation features, land use/land cover, vegetation types (e.g., agriculture, forest types), disturbed features due to exploration activities, water bodies, oil spills in water, soil types, and more. Contours, hillshades, and slope/aspect from DTM data can also be extracted.

Through feature extraction, maps are produced which depict the spatial distribution of each object of interest, the total area each object occupies, and the exact location of each object within a specified area of interest. All maps and associated statistics are provided in formats ready for ingest into decision support systems.

The imagery used for feature extraction is orthorectified which enables Spatial Energy to customize the feature map such that it fits within the customer’s decision system to support production management, analysis of disturbances due to exploration activities, and logistics planning.

Image Feature Extraction - Land Feature Map Sample

Additional Information
Spatial Energy is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive suite of imagery solutions and geospatial data and image processing services for oil and gas companies operating worldwide. For additional information regarding our services, please contact us via phone or email.

Radar Analytics and Interferometry Services

Oil and gas extraction can cause significant surface subsidence above producing reservoirs. InSAR technology and analytics offers an economical solution for measuring and monitoring surface movements with high accuracy.

Another form of surface deformation is uplift caused by gas or fluid injections from Enhanced Oil Recovery. In the absence of detailed information regarding the rate and expanse of movement, unchecked resource extraction can cause production stoppages.

Spatial Energy offers radar analysis and interferometry services for monitoring and evaluating terrain movement to improve safety, continue production, and maintain infrastructure integrity.

InSAR technology and analytics delivers high spatial detail and wide area coverage that in-situ measurements cannot provide. An improved understanding of the surface movements can minimize costs and maximize production from reservoirs.

Our radar analytics and interferometry experts deliver a customized analysis service to detect and map sub-centimeter movements throughout critical areas which are particularly valuable for the following applications:

Oil & Gas production
Pipelines and pipeline Right-of-Ways
Seismic monitoring
Storage, transportation and port infrastructure

What is InSAR Monitoring for Oil and Gas?
InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) is an advanced remote sensing technique used to monitor the stability of critical infrastructure including pipelines, buildings, transportation, and production facilities.

This geodetic method uses two or more synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to map surface deformation or elevation, using phase differences in the radar echo.

By comparing known faults against InSAR-derived vertical displacement, cumulative displacement can be ascertained over a producing field. With these data, it is possible to precisely identify faults that are controlling surface movement.

The technique can potentially measure centimetre-scale changes in deformation patterns over timespans of days to years.nSAR is best used as an overlay to high resolution imagery and provides sub-centimeter accuracy for critical reservoir monitoring and oil recovery techniques.

InSAR Benefits:

Millimeter accuracy in detecting displacements
Synoptic overviews of producing reservoirs
Scalable: from 1 to 1000s of square km
Synergy with conventional techniques (e.g., GPS)
No on-site operations required
Can study movement over time
Regular updates, independent of weather and seasons
Cost-effective solution when compared to traditional techniques

InSAR delivers sub-centimeter accuracy as a standalone solution, and aids interpretation when overlaid on high resolution optical imagery. InSAR monitoring technologies are relatively low in cost and their information content adds significant value, especially when interpreted in context with more conventional data sources.

We can help you identify the best data for your application at the lowest cost. You can even integrate multiple views of the same area taken at different dates, interleaving the data for improved temporal resolution over your oilfield. Satellite imagery also allows you to view and respond to accidents and weather events soon after they happen.

Additional Information
For more information on how our company can help you with Radar Services, including pricing, please email us at info@spatialenergy.com or call us at 303.638.1048.

RadarWatch Offshore Seep/Spill and Platform Monitoring

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Spatial Energy has a team of specialists used for a radar-based "offshore oil spill and platform monitoring solution" to monitor key offshore areas of the globe for oil companies. Oil companies now have access to a regular monitoring program so they can minimize costs and maximize reaction time to oil seeps, spills, and emergency responses from reservoirs and pipelines with accurate information.

Offshore Seep/Spill Monitoring for Oil and Gas

Radar satellites are active sensors that produce unique signatures when interacting with both water and oil. This unique signature can be used to identify the presence of natural oil seeps and oil spills on the ocean surface.

Offshore Platform Monitoring for Oil and Gas

Data from active radar satellite sensors can be processed to identify and monitor displacements with sub-centimeter accuracy over large areas. Advanced InSAR processing techniques can be applied for a comprehensive monitoring solution of offshore platforms.

Contact Spatial Energy for more information and pricing for RadarWatch Today!
Info@spatialenergy.com or (303) 638-1048.