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Solutions

Dam Safeguarding from the Sky: Enhancing Infrastructure Management with Satellite InSAR

8 September 2023

As the longest running commercial provider of InSAR, CGG have delivered solutions to a wide variety of sectors. Of these, the infrastructure and engineering sector has presented some of our most interesting studies.

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

New-Found Seepage

15 May 2023

The Seep Hunting Team at CGG Satellite Mapping have undertaken a detailed study of the archive of satellite SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data and multispectral optical imagery offshore Newfoundland, covering the Mesozoic St.

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

InSAR and Icelandic Eruptions

1 March 2023

After near 800 years of quiescence, the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Geldingadalur erupted in March 2021 and volcanic activity persisted for six months. Following weeks of moderate seismic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula, including

  • Duncan Witts
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Insight

Natural Oil Seeps In The Gulf of Mexico

2 February 2023

We are excited to see the new research from CGG’s long-standing patron ExxonMobil and partners, around oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) (O’Reilly et al., 2022). This research leans

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

InSAR line of sight (LOS) explained

13 September 2022

A brief explanation of line of sight (LOS) with respect to satellite InSAR measurements...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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News

Jagersfontein TSF failure: Preliminary satellite imagery & InSAR review

12 September 2022

In response to the Jagersfontein TSF failure that occurred on September 11th 2022 experts from CGG's Satellite Mapping and Minerals & Mining teams have conducted a preliminary satellite imagery and InSAR review of the incident...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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News

CGG Satellite Mapping to deliver shipwrecks lecture as part of NOAA's "You Don't Know What You Don't Know!" lecture series on March 24

24 March 2022

CGG Satellite Mapping to deliver shipwrecks lecture as part of NOAA's "You Don't Know What You Don't Know!" lecture series on March 24...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

SeaScope: Baniyas Power Plant oil spill - complementary Spacety TY-SAR insights

9 December 2021

Spacety's TY-SAR data provides enhanced insights into the Baniyas Power Plant oil spill and exciting capabilities for the future...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

SeaScope: CGG's expert slick mapping aids in discovery of long-lost World War 2 vessel

29 November 2021

78 years after sinking, the wreck site of the SS Bloody Marsh was finally located by oceanographers from NOAA with significant help from the SeaScope team at CGG Satellite Mapping...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Beyond the phase: High-resolution Pixel Offset Tracking to complement InSAR

9 September 2021

Expert analysis of SAR imagery to provide ground deformation insights beyond of the phase component used for InSAR...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
3 min read
News

SeaScope: Baniyas Power Plant oil spill - 3rd September 2021 UPDATE

3 September 2021

An update with the output of latest SeaScope analysis showing ongoing slick progression associated with the Baniyas oil spill from August 24th to September 2nd...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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News

SeaScope: Baniyas Power Plant oil spill - 1st September 2021 UPDATE

1 September 2021

An update with the output of latest SeaScope analysis showing ongoing slick progression associated with the Baniyas oil spill on August 31st...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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News

SeaScope: Baniyas Power Plant oil spill - 31st August 2021 UPDATE

31 August 2021

An update with the output of latest SeaScope analysis showing ongoing slick progression associated with the Baniyas oil spill spanning imagery captured between August 24th and 30th....

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

SeaScope: Baniyas Power Plant oil spill and Black Sea tanker incident

27 August 2021

This blog post focusses on an active oil spill in the Easter Mediterranean associated with the Baniyas Thermal Power Plan in Syria, and a recent tanker incident in the Back Sea...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Opinion

When the news is not actually news? The curious case of the Sulaibiya Tyre Graveyard in Kuwait

17 August 2021

CGG's Director of Satellite Mapping, Richard Burren, casts some light on an interesting case of satellite imagery revealing the actual picture behind the news headlines...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

SeaScope: Investigating the forgotten threat of the ghost fleet of the Bikini Atoll World Heritage Site

25 July 2021

CGG is collaborating with the Major Projects Foundation to explore the environmental threat posed by vessels sunk during nuclear tests 75 years ago...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Solutions

SeaScope: Revealing the environmental threat of unmonitored legacy infrastructure

10 May 2021

This SeaScope blog post focuses on a long-term oil pollution event located in a region of legacy oil production and close to one of the world’s densest shipping lanes in South-East Asia....

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Satellite InSAR analysis of the Reykjanes Peninsula

7 April 2021

Satellite InSAR analysis of the Reykjanes Peninsula in the lead up to the eruption at Mount Fagradalsfjall on the 19th March 2021...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Expert Insights into the Mauritius Oil Spill

1 October 2020

Expert processing, interpretation and analysis of the latest satellite imagery provides a unique insight into the Mauritius oil spill disaster...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Freezing Fukushima

13 August 2020

Insights from the experimental application of satellite InSAR across the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Japan...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Sentinel-2 insights into the Norilsk diesel spill

6 July 2020

Satellite imagery provides a unique insight into the recent diesel spill in the Russian Arctic...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

A more detailed view of the world from Planet's SkySat satellites

12 June 2020

Planet's SkySat constellation can now capture 50 cm spatial resolution optical imagery...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Space-based observations of atmospheric trace gases: Part 2 – Correlations between NO2 concentrations and coronavirus lockdown measures in China and Europe

5 June 2020

Changes in NO2 concentrations across China and Europe during the coronoavirus lockdown...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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Insight

Space-based observations of atmospheric trace gases: Part 1 - A global perspective on NO2 in 2020

9 April 2020

An initial exploration of changing global NO2 concentrations associated with the unfolding global coronavirus pandemic captured by satellite...

  • The Satellite Mapping Team
    The Satellite Mapping Team
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