Proactive satellite-based monitoring for enhanced offshore situational awareness

The scope for using EO satellites for routine monitoring of offshore operations is continually expanding in ways that make factors of cost and time more feasible than ever before. Near-real-time processing and delivery remain the most appropriate solution for emergency scenarios; however, proactive monitoring programs can be undertaken to routinely acquire imagery over offshore infrastructure and environmentally sensitive areas, thus enhancing situational awareness for all interested parties. Increased awareness of activities and incidents occurring around offshore infrastructure can be compiled into a continually growing database to demonstrate good practise, provide an historical account of incidents, and feed into response scenarios.