How can pipeline operators monitor hundreds to thousands of kilometres of pipeline in a fast and Cost-effective way? Remote sensing is a powerful tool that allows large, remote, inaccessible areas to be examined. Satellites, such as the Sentinels of the Copernicus EU programme are excellent for detecting change. Images from these satellites greatly improve the viability of commercial operations. The revisit frequency – directly determining the monitoring frequency for periodic surveillance purposes – can be as high as once every three days.
Sentinels bring solutions to pipeline monitoring – News – Sentinel Online
