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Evaluation of the use of remote sensors for the identification of oil seeps in offshore areas of Uruguay
Eduardo Vasquez-Dolande- Ethel Morales
- Marcel Achkar
Published 2021-05-31
Keywords
- Remote Sensing,
- Hydrocarbons,
- Oil seeps,
- SAR radar,
- Uruguayan offshore
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Vasquez-Dolande, E., Morales, E., & Achkar, M. (2021). Evaluation of the use of remote sensors for the identification of oil seeps in offshore areas of Uruguay. Boletín De Geología, 43(2), 185–202. https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v43n2-2021010
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Abstract
The use of Remote Sensors to capture data from the land and sea surface is a very active research area. One of the possible applications is the detection of hydrocarbons in bodies of water, either for environmental purposes or for the prospecting of possible oil fields. In this sense, from the geological point of view, three sedimentary basins are located on the Uruguayan continental margin: Punta del Este, Pelotas and Oriental del Plata, in which evidence of hydro-carbon accumulations has been identified. This paper proposes the use of remote sensing for the identification of oil spots or oil seeps in marine areas. The different remote sensing techniques for the detection of oil seeps are evaluated. Through a review of the state of the art, it is established that active Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors present better performance in detecting crude oil than passive ones. Subsequently, a simple and replicable methodology is defined that includes the pre-processing and processing of SAR images together with the implementation of a crude oil detection algorithm that has been widely tested and easy to implement, as is Brekke and Solberg’s 2005. After validating the methodology in pilot areas of the Santa Barbara Canal and the Río de la Plata, it is applied in the study area, of 20,101 km2, in the Uruguayan offshore, obtaining 2 detections totaling 18.7 ha, although with low level of confidence because the available polarizations (HH-HV) are not optimal for detection. From the results obtained, it is concluded that the methodology used is viable to detect oil seeps in large areas of water bodies with relatively low costs.
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Jackson, C.; Apel, J. (2004). Synthetic Aperture Radar Marine User´s Manual. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Kudryashova, G.; Obraztsov, Y.; Opekan, A.; Perminov, N.; Protasov, Y. (1986). Optical properties of liquid dielectrics in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared regions of the spectrum. Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 43(4), 1108-1113. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00662325
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Leifer, I.; Lehr, W.; Simecek-Beatty, D.; Bradley, E.; Clark, R.; Dennison, P.; Hu, Y.; Matheson, S.; Jones, C.; Holt, B.; Reif, M.; Roberts, D.; Svejkovsky, J.; Swayze, G.; Wozencraft, J. (2012). State of the art satellite and airborne marine oil spill remote sensing: Application to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Remote Sensing of Environment, 124, 185-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.024
Lorenson, T.; Hostettler, F.; Rosenbauer, R.; Peters, K.; Dougherty, J.; Kvenvolden, K.; Gutmacher, C.; Wong, F.; Normark, W. (2009). Natural offshore oil seepage and related tarball accumulation on the California coastline—Santa Barbara Channel and the Southern Santa Maria Basin; source identification and inventory. Reston: U.S. Geological Survey.
Marzialetti, P. (2012). Monitoreo de derrames de hidrocarburos en cuerpos de agua mediante técnicas de sensado remoto. Tesis de Maestría, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Minchella, A. (2016). ESA SNAP-Sentinel-1 training course. Oxfordshire: Harwell: Satellite Applications Catapult - Electron Building.
Morales, E. (2013). Evolução tectônica e estratigráfica das bacias da margem continental do Uruguai. Tesis, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro, Brasil.
Morales, E.; Chang, H.; Soto, M.; Santos-Corrêa, F.; Veroslavsky, G.; de Santa Ana, H.; Conti, B.; Daners, G. (2017). Tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of the Punta del Este and Pelotas Basins (offshore Uruguay). Petroleum Geoscience, 23(4), 415-426. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2016-059
Morales, E.; Conti, B.; Soto, M.; Viera-Honegger, B. (2020). Risks inherent in the Cenozoic stratigraphic plays in basins of the Uruguayan continental margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104072
Moulin, M.; Aslanian, D.; Olivet, J.L.; Contrucci, I.; Matias, L.; Géli, L.; Klingelhoefer, F.; Nouzé, H.; Réhault, J.P.; Unternehr, P. (2005). Geological constraints on the evolution of the Angolan margin based on reflection and refraction seismic data (ZaiAngo project). Geophysical Journal International, 162(3), 793-810. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02668.x
Musé, P.; Sur, F.; Cao, F.; Gousseau, Y.; Morel, J. (2006). An A Contrario Decision Method for Shape Element Recognition. International Journal of Computer Vision, 69(3), 295-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-006-7546-0
NASA. (2012). Earth Science Remote Sensing. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/RemoteSensing/remote_08.php
National Research Council. (2003). Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates and Effects. The National Academies Press.
Podest, E. (2018). ARSET: Applied Remote Sensing Training. https://arset.gsfc.nasa.gov/disasters/webinars/intro-SAR
Quigley, D.; Hornafius, J.; Luyendyk, B.; Francis, R.; Clark, J.; Washburn, L. (1999). Decrease in natural marine hydrocarbon seepage near Coal Oil Point, California, associated with offshore oil production. Geology, 27(11), 1047-1050. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1047:DINMHS>2.3.CO;2
Reed, M. (1992). State-of-the art summary: Modeling of physical and chemical processes governing fate of spilled oil. ASCE Workshop on Oil Spill Modeling. Charleston.
Silveira, D.; Machado, M. (2004). Bacias sedimentares brasileiras: Bacia de Pelotas. Série Bacias Sedimentares ano 6, 67.
Solberg, A.; Brekke, C.; Solberg, R.; Husoy, P.O. (2004). Algorithms for oil spill detection in Radarsat and ENVISAT SAR images. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370264
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Solorza, R.; Panozzo, M. (2018). Tecnicas de Procesamiento Digital en Teledetección SAR. Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales Mario Gulich.
Soto, M.; Morales, E.; Veroslavsky, G.; de Santa Ana, H.; Ucha, N.; Rodriguez, P. (2011). The continental margin of Uruguay: Crustal architecture and segmentation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 28(9), 1676-1689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.07.001
Stoakes, F.; Campbell, C.; Cass, R.; Ucha, N. (1991). Seismic stratigraphic analysis of the Punta del Este Basin, offshore Uruguay, South America. AAPG Bulletin, 75(2), 219-240. https://doi.org/10.1306/0C9B278B-1710-11D7-8645000102C1865D
Topouzelis, K.; Singha, S. (2017). Oil spill detection using space-borne Sentinel-1 SAR imagery. In: M. Fingas (eds). Oil Spill Science and Technology (pp. 387-402). 2nd edition. Gulf Professional Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809413-6.00006-0
Ucha, N.; de Santa Ana, H.; Veroslavsky, G. (2004). La Cuenca Punta del Este: geología y potencial hidrocarburífero. En: G. Veroslavsky, M. Ubilla, S. Martínez (eds.). Cuencas sedimentarias de Uruguay: geología, paleontología y recursos naturales: Mesozoico (pp. 173-192). UR. FC. DIRAC; SUG.