Geoscience technology company CGG has launched SeaScope, a pollution monitoring service, as part of its growing portfolio of environmental products. SeaScope combines remote-sensing science, Earth-observation data, machine learning, and high-performance computing to provide information on sea-surface slicks for industries to strengthen situational awareness of the interaction between offshore assets, coastal facilities, local vessel activity, and the natural marine environment.
For energy companies with offshore assets, SeaScope’s proactive monitoring enables the establishment of production-water baselines and provides early detection of anomalous events and third-party pollution incidents, as well as surveillance of natural seeps. It also supports the creation of a growing evidence base of responsible operations for stakeholders such as operators, regulators, investors, and insurers.
SeaScope was developed with the support of the European Space Agency and a group of energy companies and emergency-response organizations. This process included a 12-month prototype demonstration across assets in the North Sea along with producing regions in the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Asia. SeaScope is scalable and can deliver remote monitoring across global asset portfolios.
“SeaScope is the latest in our expanding portfolio of environmental monitoring solutions that are underpinned by our unique combination of geoscience and data-science expertise and technology,” said Peter Whiting, CGG’s senior vice president for geoscience in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, said. “With Seascope, CGG will help a range of offshore industries to mitigate risks, respond quickly to events, and support their environmental and operational transparency measures and related ESG [environment, social, and governance] commitments.”