Enhancing Asset Monitoring in Oil and Gas with Satellite Technology
Enhancing Asset Monitoring in Oil and Gas with Satellite Technology The oil and gas industry relies on vast infrastructure networks, from offshore drilling platforms to pipelines stretching across continents. Ensuring the integrity, safety, and efficiency of assets is paramount to avoiding costly failures, environmental damage, and operational downtime. Traditional monitoring methods, such as manual inspections […]
Drones vs Satellites: What’s Better for Project Site Monitoring?
In the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, project site monitoring is critical for maintaining timelines, managing resources, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Remote sensing technologies—particularly drones and satellites—have revolutionized how firms collect and analyze data at various project stages. While drones provide high-resolution, on-demand imagery with exceptional detail, satellite imagery offers broader coverage, consistent historical […]
Remote Sensing for Oil Pipeline Monitoring: What You Need to Know
Oil pipelines serve as vital conduits for the global energy supply, carrying crude oil and refined products across vast distances. However, maintaining their integrity is a complex challenge, with leaks, structural wear, and external threats posing significant risks. Traditional monitoring approaches, such as on-the-ground inspections and aerial surveys, often fall short in providing real-time insights […]
Solar Farm Site Selection Made Easy with Satellite Intelligence
With the global push towards renewable energy, solar farms have become an essential part of the transition to sustainable power. However, selecting the ideal location for a solar farm is no simple task. Traditional methods rely on extensive field surveys, which can be costly and time-consuming. Thanks to advancements in satellite imagery and geospatial technology, […]
The New Standard in Solar Farm Monitoring: Faster, Safer, Smarter
As solar energy grows as a key renewable power source, monitoring and maintaining solar farms is essential. Doing this effectively helps maximize energy output and ensures long-term sustainability. Traditional monitoring often involves manual inspections and ground-based sensors, which can be expensive and time-consuming, and they may cover limited areas. However, satellite technology and remote sensing […]
Cut Costs and Boost Efficiency in Renewable Energy Site Planning
As the world accelerates its transition to renewable energy, the need for strategic site selection and planning has never been greater. Solar farms, wind farms, and hydroelectric projects require careful consideration of environmental, geographical, and infrastructural factors to maximize efficiency and minimize impact. Traditionally, renewable energy site planning relied on field surveys and ground-based assessments—methods […]
Revolutionizing Clean Energy: Wind Farm Mapping Tools That Deliver Results
As the world races toward decarbonization, wind energy has emerged as a vital pillar in the global transition to clean power. With governments setting aggressive renewable energy targets and utilities seeking dependable energy sources, wind farms are popping up across coastlines, plains, and mountain ridges. However, siting and developing a successful wind project involves more […]
New Era of Oil Field Site Monitoring: Secure, Scalable, Smart
The oil and gas industry operates in some of the most challenging and remote environments on the planet. Ensuring efficiency, safety, and compliance in these locations requires constant monitoring. Traditionally, oil field site monitoring relied on on-ground inspections, aerial surveillance, and sensor-based systems. However, satellite imagery offers timely insights and large-scale coverage with unprecedented accuracy. […]
The Need for Environmental Impact Assessments of Oil Fields
Environmental impact assessments of oil fields are a common practice in the industry due to the risks involved in oil exploration and production. From land degradation to water contamination, the ecological footprint of oil fields can be substantial. As companies strive to balance resource extraction with environmental responsibility, advanced monitoring solutions are needed to track […]
Oil and Gas Infrastructure Monitoring That Delivers Results
Oil and gas infrastructure monitoring is essential for maintaining the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of energy operations. With vast networks of pipelines, offshore platforms, refineries, and storage facilities spread across remote and often challenging environments, traditional monitoring methods can be costly, time-consuming, and reactive. However, advancements in remote sensing and satellite imagery have revolutionized oil […]
4 Ways Investors Use Satellite Imagery
With over 400 imaging satellites orbiting our globe, never before has it been more affordable to obtain a bird’s eye perspective of Earth. Consequently, analysts have taken full advantage of this access and created multiple innovative ways to utilize satellite images for something other than just its beautiful sight. Even though many industries are gaining […]
Enhancing News Coverage with Satellite Imagery Analysis
Using satellite imagery is a great competitive advantage for those in the media industry to enhance their news coverage. Earth observation technology provides an excellent method to monitor areas of interest and detect changes in developing stories. Investigative journalists, in particular, benefit from satellite data as consistent monitoring can be a safe and cost-effective way […]
Changing the Oil and Gas Industry with Satellite Data
In the oil and gas industry, site monitoring is an essential component of operating effectively and safely. Site monitoring is crucial to safety, compliance, and operational performance; it’s one of the most efficient and effective ways to avoid negative environmental impacts and ensure the safety and well-being of employees and customers. With the advent of […]
How Local Governments Use Satellite Data
Satellite data has become an indispensable tool for local governments to safeguard assets, conserve and manage their land resources, and react swiftly and effectively to unforeseen emergencies that may arise within their jurisdictions. With the help of advanced satellite technologies, local authorities can monitor and analyze various environmental factors such as land use, water resources, weather patterns, and natural disasters, enabling them to make informed decisions, take proactive measures, and mitigate potential risks. By leveraging satellite data, local governments can ensure the safety and well-being of their citizens as well as preserve the land they govern.
Five Ways Satellite Imagery Is Transforming The Mining Industry
The availability of satellite imagery has revolutionized how we understand what’s happening on our planet. From helping farmers increase crop yields to assisting in disaster response, the images and data collected from space play an important role in many industries. One of the industries that has benefited most from the increased availability of satellite imagery—and […]
How To Use Satellite Imagery In A Utility Use Case
It can be difficult to picture using satellite imagery in different industries, but Earth Observation is a tool that can be used to help solve problems in our world, no matter how abstract. Let’s explore how satellite imagery is used in a utility use case. The goal of using satellite imagery in the utility industry […]
How Investors Use Satellite Imagery.
Commercial Real Estate Investments Commercial real estate developers are looking at long time horizons. They’re developing buildings that are going to be only in place in a few years, if not decades and hypothetically operational for decades to come. You’re looking at a property to ultimately build something on, and you want to make sure […]
Earth Observation: Saving Lives In Oil And Gas
Managing Critical Infrastructure In Oil and Gas Oil and Gas is an industry where old practices are used for a long period of time and new technologies can be difficult to be introduced. However, satellite imagery is one of those technologies being introduced into the Oil and Gas industry and changing how operations are being […]
The 5 Coolest Uses For Satellite Imagery
A satellite image became available in 1972 when NASA launched the first Landsat mission. The technology has been used for countless commercial, humanitarian, academic, and personal reasons for the past four decades and has over 100 satellites. So we decided to put together a list of the 5 coolest uses for satellite imagery. 5. Developing a […]
5 Ways to Use Satellite Data For Health
Conversations about satellite data are usually geared around a few narrow industries. However, there is much more that can be done with this technology regarding healthcare. For instance, earth-observation imagery can provide insight and information about the wellness of populations on a larger scale. Healthcare entities can benefit from this knowledge and employ proactive strategies […]
Mapping racial diversity with satellite data
Tomasz Stepinski describes himself as a “physicist, astrophysicist, planetary scientist and mathematician.” Having spent numerous years in Houston making computer models to map out craters and valleys on Mars for NASA, he accepted the distinguished post of Chair of Space Exploration at the University of Cincinnati’s Geography department. Unfortunately, he did not find many admirers […]
Monitoring animal populations from space
Using high-resolution satellite imagery, Peter Fretwell and his team began monitoring animal populations, creating the world’s first census of species taken from space in 2009. Then went on to repeat it. “We started with penguins, then have gone on to look at whales, then seals – we haven’t published much on seals yet. Now, we are working […]
Monitoring forest fires with satellites
Between November 2015 and April 2016, over 36,000 hectare of forest was burnt in the Republic of Congo. The main commercial activity in the area is the extraction of round wood from areas leased from the national authorities by private companies. These cover an extensive part of forest in the north of the country including […]
What resolution do I need when using satellite data?
Trick question: it depends on what you are trying to do. What does resolution mean? The resolution of Earth observation data is determined by three factors: spatial resolution, spectral resolution, and temporal resolution. While all three have to be considered when looking at satellite data, most people mean “spatial resolution” when they ask about resolution. […]
Modelling pollutant exposure from space
Particulate matter – also referred to as aerosols or air pollution – are microscopic particles present in Earth’s atmosphere. Some occur naturally, during wildfires and volcanic eruptions, and some are the result of human activities, such as car exhausts and powerplants, formed from the chemical reactions of gases such as sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen […]
Estimating soil moisture from satellite data
Soil moisture estimates can help farmers assess plant health, aid in predicting crop yields, let governments can help alleviate and protect against floodings, measure urban water use for city planners, and more. While ground sensors are the most accurate tools for tracking water, they are costly and difficult to move quickly. Using satellite sources provides […]
Improving flood forecasting with Earth observation data
Improving flood forecasting with Earth observation data is not only possible but it’s been done time and time again. Luca Brocca is a Researcher at the Research Institute of Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI) of the National Research Council (CNR), a branch of the Italian government dedicated to monitoring and preventing floods, landslides, droughts, and other water-related […]
Using spatial and aerial imagery to estimate crop surfaces
Policymakers, researchers, and organizations need agricultural statistics to monitor production changes, plan future investments and interventions, and estimate crop outputs. However, poor agricultural data can result in disastrous misallocations of resources and unsuccessful policies, as well as having a dire impact on both populations and farmers. Jacques Delincé, a veteran agricultural statistician and former head […]
Locating uranium deposits with satellite data
Current methods for locating new sources of uranium are often time-consuming and costly, requiring governments and mining companies to fly aircrafts over large swaths of land in remote areas. But with Earth observation data being more accessible and computers’ improved processing power, utilizing satellites to detect features in faraway places has become a much more […]
How Government Agencies Use SkyWatch
Commercial access to satellite imagery is possible thanks to solutions like SkyWatch’s platform EarthCache, but government agencies use SkyWatch too. For example, in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of the United States and Canada, shallow depressions caused by Pleistocene glaciation interact with mid-continental climate variations to maintain various wetland types. As a result of their […]
Counting Seals in Cape Cod With Satellites
In the early 1970s, grey seal populations were nearly extinct in North America. Since then, populations have rebounded. Until a few months ago, there was no accurate count of current populations because the number of animals has grown dramatically in the last few decades. During a project to monitor seal populations with cellphone tags — […]
Studying Volcanoes and Earthquakes with Synthetic Aperture Radar
For over three decades, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has been a popular choice for Earth remote sensing. With its high resolution and day-and-night/weather-agnostic monitoring, SAR is utilized in an array of applications – ranging from geoscience and climate research to environmental and Earth system observation, from 2-D and 3-D mapping to 4-D mapping (involving the […]
Helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian
The death toll continues to rise in the Bahamas following the most powerful storm to hit the islands in recorded history. While the Bahamas experience hurricanes frequently, Dorian unprecedented strength caused catastrophic damages that will likely take years to repair. The category 5 hurricane flooded airports, rendered roads inaccessible, damaged homes, hospitals, and businesses, and […]
How to Use Satellite Imagery to Reduce Risk in Oil & Gas
The Earth observation (EO) industry is forecasted to grow from a $812 million industry in 2021 to a $2.4 billion industry in 2031 with a 11% CAGR. As more and more satellites enter in orbit, the challenge for users is to attempt to make sense of the data provided. In this new age of Space 4.0 we should […]
Top Four Coolest Ways Satellite Imagery is Being Used
In honour of Earth Day, we’re highlighting the top four coolest ways satellite imagery is being used for environmental monitoring. Tasking satellite imagery goes beyond the image itself; it also collects and measures data to monitor change. Earth observation data is easily accessible for organizations wanting to track a geographical area through SkyWatch. In these […]
