OIL & GAS
OIL&GAS BASIN MONITORING
Fluid injection/extraction operations generate volumetric variations in the basins and, therefore, changes in the height of the surface cover. These changes can be difficult to measure due to the large surface area of the basins in which the operations take place. However, differential interferometric techniques (DInSAR) makes possible to measure surface height variations with centimetre and sub-centimetre precision.
In this way, it is possible to estimate volumetric changes in the basin and associate them with fluid extraction and injection processes. These data are of interest to monitor the infrastructure of the operations in order to prevent higher structural damages and to contrast injection/extraction values with volume changes in the basin to lower environmental risks. By means of the SAOCOM® constellation, it is possible to carry out these studies with a periodicity of 8 days.
