Challenge | Source | Theme | Topic | Generic | Pre-license | Explore | Develop | Produce | Decomm'n |
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Air quality (emissions) monitoring | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Air quality monitoring on an airshed and site specific basis | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Anticipating areas of high seismic impedance | OTM | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assess coastal environment for infrastructure planning | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Assess and map forest fire risk and provide situational awareness of fire occurrence | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of environmentally sensitive areas | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Assess fragmentation of natural habitat and cumulative disturbance | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Assess forest characteristics to plan access and assess hazards | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Assessing ground deformation to support enhanced recovery operations | Hatfield | Subsidence monitoring | Reservoir management | on-shore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Assess habitat for key species for environmental baseline and/or impact assessment | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Assess and manage forest fire risk to facilities and infrastructure | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Assess potential project site for historical use | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Assessing the social impact of construction work | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Assessing terrain stability for infrastructure planning in permafrost environments | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Assessment of duricrusts and rock excavability | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Engineering geological evaluation | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Assessment of infrastructure placement and effects to the surrounding environment | Hatfield | Subsidence monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Avoiding aerial mapping restrictions | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Baseline elevation data for project planning and design | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Baseline imagery for project planning and design | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | | | | | | |
Baseline and monitoring of areas with active faults and subsidence | Hatfield | Subsidence monitoring | Land motion relating to fault lines or other causes | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Change detection of coastline migration | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Change detection for competitive intelligence | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Monitoring of assets | on-shore | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Characterisation of surface/near-surface structural geological properties for infrastructure planning | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Engineering geological evaluation | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Coastal elevation data for tsunami risk analysis | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Coastal morphology | CLS | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Coastal resource mapping of mangroves, coral-reefs, wetlands and sandbanks | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Coastal sediment dynamics, estuarine fronts and land-ocean interactions | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Coastal upwelling | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Commercial and recreational fisheries | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Commercial shipping | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Convective downbursts | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Creating an ecosystem inventory prior to exploration | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Creating basemaps in politically sensitive regions | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Current at depth observations | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Detecting ecosystem damages | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Detecting hydrocarbon leaks | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Detection and monitoring of pollutant discharges | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Detection of oil contamination and oil seeps | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Monitoring of assets | on-shore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Detection of unexpected methane leakage on a regional basis | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Determine historical ground movement for infrastructure planning | OTM | Subsidence monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring | on-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Determine historical ground movement for pipeline routing | OTM | Subsidence monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring | on-shore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Distribution and abundance of marine animals | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Distribution and abundance of sea birds | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Drilling survey preparation: Environmental conditions | CLS | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Drilling survey preparation: Metocean conditions hindcast and forecast | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Early identification of potential hydrocarbon basins | OTM | Surface geology mapping | Mapping geological features | on-shore | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ecosystem valuation of potential sites | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Efficiency of vessels and helicopters operations | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Enabling survey to understand structural properties of the sub-surface for infrastructure planning | OTM | Surface geology mapping | Engineering geological evaluation | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Environmental conditions | CLS | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Environmental monitoring | CLS | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Estimating ground bearing capacity | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Estimation of the climate change impact | CLS | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Evaluation of the efficiency of the structure | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Firemapping | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Support to surveying crews for planning surveys and H&S | on-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Fish and fish habitat | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Flagging environmentally sensitive areas prior to seismic surveys | OTM | Seismic planning | Identification of environmentally sensitive areas | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Floodplain mapping | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Floodplain mapping and understanding flood extent and flood frequency | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Forecasting landslide locations | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Forecasting river migration patterns | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Forecasting sand dune migration | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Funnel-clouds and waterspouts | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Geohazard exposure analysis | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geological and terrain base maps for development of environmental baseline | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Global requirements on EO products | CLS | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hail | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Historic metocean data for high level risk assessment | CLS | Metocean | Risk assessment | off-shore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Historic records of currents at depth | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Historical records for surface currents | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Historic records for waves | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Historic records for winds | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Historic tropical storm/tropical cyclone probability and tracks | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Hurricane tracks | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ice accretion | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Identification of archaeological or burial sites | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Identification of cultural heritage and archaeological assessment | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Identification of fault lines | OTM | Surface geology mapping | Structural interpretation | on-shore | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Identification of ground-water table to reduce potential issues during seismic activity | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Identification of problem soils | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Engineering geological evaluation | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Identification of road or track for logistics planning | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Identification of seasonal environment changes e.g. migration patterns | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Identification of seasonal obstructions to logistics activities | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Identification of slope instability | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Engineering geological evaluation | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Identify areas with soft sediments to avoid strong attenuation | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Identify areas with soft sediments to plan access and assess hazards | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Identify claypan surfaces to be avoided | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Identify communication between producing zones | OTM | Subsidence monitoring | Reservoir management | on-shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Identify causes of geological movement | OTM | Surface geology mapping | Structural interpretation | on-shore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Identify discreet lithology | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Lithological discrimination | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Identify geohazards and landscape change rates | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Terrain evaluation and geo-morphology characterisation | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Identify geological structure through landform | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Structural interpretation | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Identify geophysical properties of the sub-surface | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Engineering geological evaluation | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Identify ice thickness and status for travel safety | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify lake, river and coastal ice grounding status for data quality | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Identify land parcel boundaries for impact compensation | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify optimal seasonal land-use to reduce permit costs - commercial and subsistence practices | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify permafrost zone for data analysis | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify restricted areas that must be avoided | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify rivers, lakes and wet areas to apply safe set-back distances | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Identify rock-strewn areas to point loading | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Identify sabkahs / salt-lake areas | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify sensitive habitat to minimise and manage impacts of activities | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of environmentally sensitive areas | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Identify soft ground to reduce environmental impacts | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identify sub-surface infrastructure for planning of pipeline crossings | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Identify steep slopes to assess potential constraints to access | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Identify steep slopes to assess potential constraints to access in forested areas | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Identify soft and hard ground as areas of potentially poor coupling | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Identify up-to-date general land-use patterns to plan access and apply safe set-back distances | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Identify UXO related hazards | Hatfield | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Identifying conflicting sources of seismic signals | OTM | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying effect of fault line reactivation | OTM | Subsidence monitoring | Land motion relating to fault lines or other causes | on-shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Identifying existing linear routes for co-location of pipelines in wilderness areas | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying existing O&G infrastructure for facility site selection | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Identifying ground conditions susceptible to poor coupling | OTM | Seismic planning | Areas of poor coupling | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying munitions debris (UOX) | OTM | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Identifying near surface infrastructure | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Baseline mapping of terrain and infrastructure | on-shore | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Identifying potential hydrocarbon seepage | OTM | Surface geology mapping | Lithological discrimination | on-shore | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying seasonal terrain changes eg for access | OTM | Surface geology mapping | Terrain evaluation and geo-morphology characterisation | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying soft ground for seismic vehicles | OTM | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying sources of building resources | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Identifying steep terrain for seismic vehicles | OTM | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Identifying unregulated overhead power lines | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Support to surveying crews for planning surveys and H&S | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Identifying variations in trafficability for seismic vehicles | OTM | Seismic planning | Identification of adverse terrain for trafficability | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Information on presence and abundance of deep water fauna | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Information on the intertidal and shallow marine environment | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring | | off-shore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Inputs for numerical model | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Land cover and land use for environmental baseline and/or impact assessment | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Land use mapping to detect the social impact of O&G developments | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Lightning | C-CORE | Metocean | | off-shore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Linement mapping | Hatfield | Surface geology mapping | Mapping geological features | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Locating repeater stations for communications infrastructure | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Support to surveying crews for planning surveys and H&S | on-shore | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Logistics planning for emergency events | OTM | Logistics planning and operations | Support to surveying crews for planning surveys and H&S | on-shore | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Management of surface impacts due to ground deformation from operations | Hatfield | Subsidence monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring | on-shore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Map coastal habitat and built environment/settlement sensitivity to strengthen tactical oil spill response and preparedness | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Map and monitor induced seismic hazards | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Mapping of environmental degradation (change) | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Mapping of forest extent and quality for environmental baseline and/or impact assessment | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Baseline historic mapping of environment and ecosystems | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mapping land cover trends over the project area | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Facility siting, pipeline routing and roads | on-shore | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Metocean forecast to avoid downtime | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Metocean monitoring | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Model validation | CLS | Metocean | | off-shore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Monitoring air quality related to seasonal fires | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Monitoring assets for risk management | Hatfield | Logistics planning and operations | Support to surveying crews for planning surveys and H&S | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Monitoring carbon capture storage reservoir leaks | Hatfield | Subsidence monitoring | Reservoir management | on-shore | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Monitoring effectiveness of steam assisted gravity drainage operations | Hatfield | Subsidence monitoring | Reservoir management | on-shore | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Monitoring flash floods | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Natural hazard risk analysis | on-shore | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Monitoring ground movement along pipelines | OTM | Subsidence monitoring | Infrastructure monitoring | on-shore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Monitoring hydrocarbon leaks | OTM | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Monitor induced access corridors to assess indirect impact or effects as a result of project development | Hatfield | Environmental monitoring | Continuous monitoring of changes throughout the lifecycle | on-shore | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Monitoring chlorophyl-a productivity and harmful algal blooms (HAB) | C-CORE | Environmental monitoring |