Selection of development sites

Challenge ID

OTM:039

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Title

Selection of development sites

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Theme ID

ON 5.3: Logistics planning and operations - Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads development

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Originator of Challenge

Onshore: OTM

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Challenge Reviewer / initiator

PEMEX, Statoil, Sasol

General description

Overview of Challenge

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

Selecting an appropriate development site for an onshore facility is a complex task.  The site needs to be accessible, safe, connect to local O&G infrastructure (if any) and have limited impact on the environment.

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Thematic information requirements

1. Obtain detailed topographic information,  3. Obtain detailed vegetation information,  4. Obtain detailed land-use information,  5. Identify location and condition of transport infrastructure,     9. Obtain detailed imagery of assets,   11. Determine li

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

Reduction in planning costs and potentially better located facilities, thereby (potentially) reducing opex, improving HSE etc.

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

existing mapping and recorded data, but this rarely is sufficient

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

Very high to medium resolution EO data  to derive land cover and land use information.   

Resolution depending on covered area and size of analysis objective.

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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

Challenge classification

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Lifecycle stage

Pre license

Exp.

Dev.

Prod.

Decom.

Score from impact quantification [1]

3

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3

0

0

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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

reduction in planning costs

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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

Reference data - timeliness not important

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Geographic Extent

district area

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Existing standards