This agreement establishes Spatial Energy as the first global reseller of Astrium products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry.
"Astrium Services is the only geo-information data provider today with a full spectrum of satellites acquiring multi-resolution optical and radar imagery from which a variety of products and services are derived, including elevation data, global oil seeps, and geologic studies," said Bud Pope, Spatial Energy President. "A key advantage of Astrium Services is the large capacity of high resolution imaging open to the commercial market, resulting in faster acquisitions and deliveries."
With the full range of Astrium Services' products and services catalog added to the Spatial Energy content offerings and available through its Spatial on Demand cloud-based service, the Colorado firm is better positioned to provide oil & gas customers with detailed geospatial information throughout their entire exploration and production workflows, while benefiting from favored pricing and global oil/gas licensing.
"Spatial Energy is a recognized energy industry leader providing geospatial solutions to global oil and gas enterprises," said Greg Buckman, Head of Astrium Services' GEO-Information team in North America. "The breadth and scope of Spatial Energy's services make it an ideal partner for Astrium to work with in serving the global energy industry."
Astrium Services operates a constellation of Earth observation satellites unparalleled in the commercial market. Astrium Services' entry into the high-resolution imagery market came in late 2011 with the launch of Pleiades 1A, acquiring 50-cm images. A twin satellite, Pleiades 1B, is scheduled for launch this year. Launched in September 2012, SPOT 6 captures wide-area optical imagery at 1.5-meter resolution and will be joined in orbit by SPOT 7 early 2014.
"Pleiades 1A, Pleiades 1B, SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 will operate in a 90-degree phased orbit allowing for multiple acquisitions of a geographic area within a 24-hour period. The constellation is highly reactive thanks to multiple tasking plans per day and a tasking time of only four hours," said Spatial Energy's Pope. "No other satellite constellation offers repeat coverage within the same day on such short notice."
In addition to the optical SPOT and Pleiades imaging satellites, Astrium Services operates two synthetic aperture radar satellites, TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X. Capable of acquiring highly accurate elevation data of the Earth's surface, both onshore and offshore, these radar platforms generate derived information for Astrium's Global Seeps Database, Onshore Geologic Studies, and GEO Elevation products, all now available through Spatial Energy.
About Astrium
Astrium is the number one company in Europe for space technologies and the third in the world. In 2011, Astrium had a turnover close to EUR5 billion and 18,000 employees worldwide, mainly in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands.
Astrium is the sole European company that covers the whole range of civil and defense space systems and services.
Its three business units are: Astrium Space Transportation for launchers and orbital infrastructure; Astrium Satellites for spacecraft and ground segment; Astrium Services for comprehensive fixed and mobile end-to-end solutions covering secure and commercial satcoms and networks, high security and broadcast satellite communications equipment and systems, and bespoke geo-information services, worldwide.
Astrium is a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defense and related services. In 2011, the Group - comprising Airbus, Astrium, Cassidian and Eurocopter - generated revenues of EUR 49.1 billion and employed a workforce of over 133,000.
About Spatial Energy
Spatial Energy provides the world's best collection of energy-specific imagery, imagery analysis and online enterprise imagery and data management services for oil and gas companies operating globally. Over 50 of the Top 100 oil and gas companies worldwide use Spatial Energy to increase speed to drilling, maximize production, lower costs and monitor and protect their assets.
Imagery is available on demand from our data archives, by tasking satellites and aerial providers, by speculative collection and by hosting corporate imagery. Our data is tailored for use within geological and geophysical desktop applications, as well as web applications and geoportals. Our Enterprise Remote Sensing Solutions (ES2) provides one source for a full range of remote sensing services. We offer subscription programs such as the Spatial Energy Partner Program (EPP), BasinWatch and Spatial on Demand to provide simplified, cost effective access to acquiring and managing imagery as a corporate asset.
(source: Spatial Energy)
Toulouse, France – 20 September 2012 – Astrium Services launched the Pléiades Users Group during the ISPRS Conference held last month in Melbourne. This group has been created to offer opportunities to assess the utility of Pléiades data for applications and to allow users to share feedback and experiences. It is open to all satellite data users across any area of activity.
To this end, Astrium Services has issued a call for projects with a plan to share the first results by mid-2013 at a special seminar. To participate, applicants just need to register online at www.astrium-geo.com/PleiadesUsersGroup. There, they may submit a site for which reference terrain data is available - for example, ground control points, a DEM, 3D model, land-use/land-cover or cadastral data - and briefly describe their assessment project. Preference will be given to projects ready to make their reference terrain data available to the Pléiades Users Group.
Projects may be submitted until 30 September 2012.
Astrium Services will provide Pléiades products free of charge for all areas of interest in selected projects. In return, selected candidates agree to communicate their results to all members of the Pléiades Users Group before April 2013. Lastly, all images will be made available to users group members, so that users not in possession of terrain data or whose projects do not make the selection, may take part in the Pléiades data assessment effort.
For more information, contact PleiadesUsersGroup@astrium-geo.com or go to www.astrium-geo.com/PleiadesUsersGroup.
Through its GEO-Information business, Astrium Services is recognized as one of the leaders in the geo-spatial information market, not least thanks to the now fully integrated skills and resources of the former Spot Image and Infoterra. The company provides decision-makers with complete solutions enabling them to increase security, boost agricultural performance, maximize oil & gas or mining operations, improve their management of natural resources, and protect the environment. It has exclusive access to data from the SPOT, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and Pléiades satellites, coupled with a complete range of space-based data sources and airborne acquisition capability allowing it to offer an unrivalled scope of Earth observation products and services. This extensive portfolio covers the entire geo-information supply chain, from the generation of images to the provision of high added-value information to end-users.
By leveraging the synergies and expertise available across the whole of Astrium Services, its GEO-Information teams develop innovative, yet competitive, custom-made solutions based on the combination and integration of Earth observation, navigation and high-end telecommunications.
Source Astrium Services
After a successful pilot phase, the OGEO portal is opening its doors allowing qualifying companies from the Oil and Gas industry and the EO service provider industry to sign up.
The Portal initially top restrict the number of logins / per company to max. 5. But may revise that figure in the future depending on interest.
During the next OGEO Workshop 14th of Sept. in Perth (www.esa-ogeo.org) the announcement will be official.
And try to grant access subsequently … from 1st of October 2012 onwards
If yo want more information please contact info-at-earsc.org
3rd OGEO WORKSHOP:Utilizing opportunities Maximising the benefits.
After two successful workshops at ESA in Frascati, please join us in Sept. 2012 in Perth, Australia for the 3rd workshop on Earth Observation for the Oil & Gas industry.
The workshop is open to members of the oil and gas industry, service providers and researchers involved in Earth Observation and related geo-information technologies.
Preliminary program with confirmed speakers
Session 1: Overview
- OGEO, overview: Peter Hausknecht, Woodside, Australia
- ESA, GMES programme: Ola Grabak, ESA, Italy
- OGP, OilSpillResponse JIP update, Surface surveillance: Colin Grant, BP, United Kingdom
Session 2: Environmental
- Coastal area and water quality monitoring and using RS data: Arnold Dekker, CSIRO, Australia
- Change detection time series using WorldView2 high resolution satellite data: Leah Glass, GeoImage, Australia
- Remote sensing of the coastal transitional zone: Rasmus Borgstroem, Grass, Denmark
- The importance of the first 24hrs in oil spill monitoring: Paul Whitaker, KSAT, Norway
Panel Session
Lunch
Session 3: MetOcean
- Oil Spill Response: MetOcean and Satellite data integration: Cedric Michel, Total, France
- Mapping solitones with satellite data: Jan Flynn, Shell, Australia
- Looking ahead 5 years: What satellite data services do we need for MetOcean: Jason McConochie , Woodside, Australia
- Tbd
Feedback session: Open session in topic groups
Session 4: Geomatics and Infrastructure
- Coastal bathymetry from WorldView2 satellite data: Thomas Heege, EoMap, Germany
- Satellite assessment and monitoring for infrastructure, environmental and engineering applications: Michael Hall, Astrium, UK
- Satellite monitoring and airborne mapping integrated: Tbd , AAM, Australia
- Supporting Oil and Gas in WA from a distance: a View From Landgate: Mat Adams, Landgate WA, Australia
- The use of UAV technology to complement satellite imagery for benthic habitat assesments: Peter Mellor, WorleyParson, Australia
More information at www.esa-ogeo.org