Assessing the social impact of construction work

Challenge ID

OTM:035

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Title

Assessing the social impact of construction work

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Theme ID

ON 4.2: Environmental monitoring - Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle

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Originator of Challenge

Onshore: OTM

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Challenge Reviewer / initiator

PEMEX, Statoil, Shell, Chevron

General description

Overview of Challenge

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What is the nature of the challenge? (What is not adequately addressed at present?)

Monitoring the social impact of O&G development e.g. displacement of communities/ tribes, changes in land use or impacts caused by construction activity

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Thematic information requirements

4. Obtain detailed land-use information,

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Nature of the challenge - What effect does this challenge have on operations?

The construction site and its impact on the environment can be relatively intense during the early E&P phases, particularly when the site is being constructed.  This may impacts both the immediate, local society in or distant societies such as those along

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What do you currently do to address this challenge?/ How is this challenge conventionally addressed?

This manly done by field surveys which is costly, labour intensive and because it's "point-based", the context of the larger ecosystem can be misunderstood.

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What kind of solution do you envisage could address this challenge?

EO-based products can provide consistent, timely information on social impacts of O&G development.  High to very high resolution land cover products based on EO data would be useful for analysis of areas in the close proximity to particular assets. For la

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What is your view on the capability of technology to meet this need? – are you currently using EO tech? If not, why not?

EO could be a useful complimentary technology providing information on population density, building inventory, exposure mapping, settlement mapping and site location

Challenge classification

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Lifecycle stage

Pre license

Exp.

Dev.

Prod.

Decom.

Score from impact quantification [1]

4

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4

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Climate classification

NOT CLIMATE SPECIFIC

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Geographic context/restrictions

Generic onshore (Unspecified)

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Topographic classification / Offshore classification

Generic onshore (Unspecified)

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Seasonal variations

Any season

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Impact Area

Social impact

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Technology Urgency

(How quickly does the user need the solution)

Immediately (0-2 years)

Information requirements

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Update frequency

depending on sensor and application

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Data Currently used

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Spatial resolution

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Thematic accuracy

80-90%

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Example formats

Standardized geo-spatial formats (e.g. shapefile, geotiff or KML)

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Timeliness

within six months

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Geographic Extent

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Existing standards