Spatial News In the News

Use of Satellite Imagery Sheds Light on Lost WWII Fighter – SEG's The Leading Edge, February 1, 2013
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has published an article describing how high resolution imagery from Spatial Energy and DigitalGlobe helps Apache Corp. pinpoint and preserve the Egyptian crash site to accurately locate and then try and unravel part of the mystery surrounding a British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter plane lost in the Egyptian desert since World War II.... read (pdf)

Satellite Use Growing to Map Facilities, Monitor Spills – Oil and Gas Journal, November 1, 2010
As the petroleum industry examines the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, one positive takeaway is the success with which remote sensing technologies were deployed to map the extent of the oil spill and track its movements in the Gulf of Mexico ... read (pdf)

The Use of High Resolution 8 Band Imagery from WorldView-2 and Spatial Energy – GRSG News, June 2010
Update on the use of High Resolution 8 Band imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 for Oil and Gas applications”
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Conquering a Sea of Sand – Earth Imaging Journal, May/June 2009
Pioneer Natural Resources exploits Satellite Imagery products for remote oil and gas exploration.  Pioneer Natural Resources was compelled to deploy a new set of geospatial products in its ongoing exploration and production activities in a remote area of a North African nation. ... read (pdf)

Satellite Imagery for Exploration and Production: An Evolution – Leading Edge, April 2006
Since the early 1970s, the oil and gas industry has benefited from remote sensing technologies—opening up new opportunities for discovering oil well locations, monitoring vegetation patterns, and more accurately measuring land masses... read (pdf)