SvalSat, Earth Station at 78 North Satellite based oil spill detection -Early warning and emergency support Nina Soleng, Marketing Director KSAT, Kongsberg Satellite Services Chairman NOSCA,Norwegian Oill Spill Control Association
KSAT, Kongsberg Satellite Services Tromsø, Norway World leading supplier of advanced satellite services in Near Real- Time (NRT) Unique ground network enables data reception from anywhere in the world Experienced analysts provides expertise 24/7 operations / 2 / 19-Jun-15
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Svalsat station Unique earth station- receives data from anywhere in the world / 6 / 19-Jun-15
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In-house capabilities at KSAT RADARSAT- 2 COSMO- SkyMed SENTINEL- 1 TerraSAR-X RISAT-1 Aquisition Aquisition Aquisition Aquisition Aquisition IN-house Processing IN-house Processing IN-house Processing Q1 2015 IN-house Processing IN-house Processing / 8 / 19-Jun-15 Kongsberg Satellite Services 2014 Commercial in confidence
20 years of oil spill detection service Developed in Norway starting 1995 Early warning - Take action out at sea before oil hits shore Focus: illegal dumping in shipping lanes-time critical Coordinating flight & other surveillance means Identification of source (integrated AIS) Norwegian Coastal Administration, service start 1996 Pilot users Scandinavia,Baltic Sea and North Sea 2004 Monitoring of Oil and gas activity Norwegian continental shelf 2007 EMSA Clean Sea Net Pan European monitoring service 26 countries- coordinated by KSAT / 9 / 19-Jun-15 2015 EMSA extended scope/mandate EO Includes oil and gas, vessel detection for fisheries and security
Satellite monitoring for oil industry Early warning oil spill Drilling campaigns-flexible Production- regular monitoring Source identification Reporting clean sea Emergency support Stand-by orderdesk Multiple satellite sources Exploration- natural seeps Land applications SAR and optical / 10 / 19-Jun-15
Some current drivers for regular monitoring Regulatory License to operate Required reporting to government incidents /clean sea Corporate Best practise Reputation - globally Follow-up support of own policies (Zero spills etc) Awareness - preparedness Information handling incidents and press Media Stories spread quickly over internet, story true or not Environmental organisations and self-appointed watch dogs / 11 / 19-Jun-15
Focus Prevention Environmental Conscience Clean Technologies Operative practices improvement Environmental management Monitoring Control Response plans Oil spill control center Equipment and logistics Training personnel Satellite monitoring + overflight with environmental authorities Incident of oil spill in plataforms Occurrence of pipeline leaks Presence of oil on coast Illegal oil dumping from vessels Cantarell natural oil seep location Identification of new oil seep clusters
End user operational perspective Is there something there? What is it? Where is it? How big is it? How likely is it oil? Where is it coming from? Have we seen it before? Do I need to do something about it? Risk- Distance to installation Distance to shore/ enviromentalsesitive ares Where is it going? One comprehensible report from KSAT / 13 / 19-Jun-15
Easy access to the information Alerts- telephone-sms and e-mail, pdf reports Dedicated client web site Shapefiles/Images into any GIS tool Imagery /shapefiles displayed in other decicion support systems Kongsberg Satellite Services customer web portal Kongsberg NorcontrolI IT VTS system, Norwegian Coastal Administration in Vardø Norway Integration of the satellite image from KSAT into the Aptomar Tactical Collaboration and Management System (TCMS) / 14 / 19-Jun-15
Status - 20 years after Faster shorter timelines Automated processes Communication data flow Bigger Ground network -global reach Organisation-contracts Global footprint Better Availablility 24/7 Tools, planning, ordering, processing Frequency, more satellite missions Same: the human factor Still depending on skilled, experienced analysts to do manual interpretation. We have found that no algorithm can replace a trained eye in interpreting this complex data / 15 / 19-Jun-15
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