Satellite Imagery - A Tool of Diversified Applications in Exploration and Development of Oil and Gas Fields
Abstract
Pakistan Petroleum Ltd (PPL), amongst the pioneers for exploration and development of oil and gas fields in Pakistan have an extensive/historical data-base. The off-the-shelf availability of satellite imagery, since late seventies, not only expanded our data-base quickly but provided a powerful tool of diversified applications. The spectral, spatial and temporal resolution of satellite imagery has since been used for applications as diversified as:
- Geological mapping in exposed areas and anticipated subsurface structures.
- Lineaments/topographic anomalies in plains.
- Identification of suitable geological sections and their approach for stratigraphic measurements.
- Monitoring of river channels/water bodies for carrying out field development/ drilling operations.
- Planning of geophysical surveys and layout of the seismic lines to be recorded.
- Mosaic of the entire country for better understanding of geology/tectonics etc. and the spatial relationship of different sedimentary basins in Pakistan.
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