Remote Sensing Technologies

in Oil and Gas Industry

Concept of Remote Sensing
Types of Satellite Remote Sensing
 TYPES OF OPTICAL DATA

Level of Spatial Optimum Satellite

detail Resolution Display Type

Very high 0.4 – 1m 1:3,500 WorldView, GeoEye, QuickBird,

IKONOS, RADARSAT-2,
TerraSAR-X
High 2 - 4m 1:10,000 Spot-5, RADARSAT-2,
TerraSAR-X
Medium 5 – 10m 1: 25,000 Spot-5, RADARSAT-2,
TerraSAR-X
Low 20m 1:50,000 Spot-4, Landsat-5 TM,
30m 1:50,000 RADARSAT-1
Very low 1 km 1: 2,500,000 NOAA & MODIS
Communication Satellite
Types of Remote Sensing
Optical Data
Worldview-2 Satellite (Resolution = 0.5m)
IKONOS : Resolution 1m
SPOT-5 (Resolution 2.5m)
 Types of Radar
Remote Sensing Data
RADARSAT-1 (SCANSAR MODE – 50m RESOLUTION)
RADARSAT-1 (FINE MODE – 9m RESOLUTION)
TERRASAR-X (STRIPMAP 3m)
IFSAR
Hyperspectral
 Remote Sensing for
Hydrocarbon Exploration
• Surface and subsurface geological studies drive the
discovery of oil and gas.
• Seismic data, well log data, aerial photographs,
satellite images, gravity and magnetic data, and other
geological data provide information that help
determine where to drill an exploratory well.
• Specialists examine rock fragments and core samples
brought up while drilling the exploratory well and run
special tools into the hole to get more information
about the formations underground.
• Examining, correlating, and interpreting this
information makes it possible for petroleum
explorationists to accurately locate subsurface
structures that might contain hydrocarbon
accumulations worth exploiting.
• Petroleum explorationists study the topography –
the natural and man made features on the surface
of the land – to derive a conclusion about the
character of underground formations and
structures largely from what appears at the
surface.
• Remote sensing has largely replaced aerial
photography.
• Remote sensing uses infrared and other means to
map an area.
• Both satellites and airplanes are used to conduct
remote sensing
On-shore
 Geographic Information System
Low Elevation??? (GIS) Modelling

- Remote sensing data

- Gravity/seismic
- Geology formation
Duri Oilfield, Riau
Off-shore Oil and Gas Seeps
Riau, Indonesia
Surface
Facilities
Geographic Information System
Duri Oil Field, Riau
International Boundary
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