Oil Spill Detection & Classification
With more than 200 Miros OSD™ systems delivered to oil companies, ship owners and coastal agencies around the world, Miros has established itself as a global leader in the provision of tools supporting oil spill response and surveillance operations. In fact, in February 2018, Brazil’s Petrobras engaged Belga Marine and Miros in the world’s largest X-band radar-based OSD surveillance and response contract to date.
In the same line, we also offer Ocean Visuals innovative solutions. The company develops and manufactures Hyper-spectral Laser Induced Fluorescence (HLIF) based LiDAR (LiDAR i.e. Light Detection and Ranging).
As oil is intrinsically fluorescent and emits light in the blue-green spectral range when illuminated by UV light it is easily distinguished from other substances in the water. Using the Hyper-spectral curve of the emitted light, the sensor can “fingerprint” the sample, and thus receive a real-time identification of oil category and type (crude oil, hydraulic oil etc) on the spot, with no samples or lab analysis required.
