End User Requirements Oil Gas Ideas For IICWG

End User Requirements Oil & Gas Ideas For IICWG 8 Frascati

Example Ice Operations: N. E. Caspian Sea Shallow Water Island IICWG 8 Frascati

Objectives • • Increase info to end users & forecasters Improve Quality of Information Increase Speed of Delivery Focus areas include: – – Emergency tasking Oil spill Analysis of different ice conditions EER IICWG 8 Frascati

Ideas by End Users, O&G 1. Launch New/more Satellites: more, quicker, cheaper service? 2. Enhance a. ice drift monitoring & forecasting tools b. identification of ice types 3. Provide high resolution localized ice charts 4. Enhance understanding of ice conditions, Training IICWG 8 Frascati

1. Use - or Launch New Satellites • High quality SAR is expensive if done frequently • Opportunity to get SAR at lower cost • Provide real time data on ice conditions IICWG 8 Frascati

2 a. Enhance Ice Drift Monitoring • • • Limited info - Radarsat image freq 1/day Mostly large scale movement Radar image processing Accuracy & reliability Need for a numerical forecasting model – What is the weakest link, currents? – 1 -5 day forecast fleet operations access by vessels IICWG 8 Frascati

2 b. Enhance Identification Ice type • Location & application specific • Cost is an issue • General info needed: - stationary ice and drifting ice - ridges, size and frequency - rafted ice or stamukha's Satellite Imagery Capabilities? IICWG 8 Frascati

3. Provide High Res Local Charts • Ice charts for structures may be different - Ice structure interaction - Ice description: thickness, speed, ridges, rubble - Vessel and Marine access - EER Standardization ? IICWG 8 Frascati

4. Enhance understanding of Ice Conditions • End User focus; KISS • Egg code “limitations” – Thin ice breakdown too coarse / fine – Thick ice breakdown too coarse in thick deformed ice – More annotations, different symbols • Indications for deformed ice, rafted ice • Optimize use of SAR in egg codes Training ? IICWG 8 Frascati

Summary Idea’s End users O&G Use / Launch new Satellites; frequent HR imagery Ice drift and drift monitoring Satellite Imagery Capabilities Standardization Training IICWG 8 Frascati

EO based services • • Useful, Available, Reliable Yes Affordable Sometimes O&G Awareness Insufficient Difficult to find out? Time consuming Future needs Various locations Exploitation of EO Various ESA help See next IICWG 8 Frascati

Suggestions for ESA to benefit the IICWG community 1. Document client needs and requirements: Survey, Site visits, Workshop and Distribute results 2. Document Satellite Capability; Sentinel compatibility; Product vs. Usage; Large vs. small area 3. Ability to handle risk and emergency conditions (EER, oil spill). Operational Access to Data 4. Focus on User Applications: multi platform Swath planners, ice types (ridging, rafting), 3 -D info, filters, centralized data access, Web Cam IICWG 8 Frascati