Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for oil spill detection
- Patent Title (中): 漏油检测方法和装置
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Application No.: US12188141Application Date: 2008-08-07
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Publication No.: US08124931B2Publication Date: 2012-02-28
- Inventor: Albert Ballard Andrews , Wei-Chuan Shih , Matthew Clayton , Oliver C. Mullins
- Applicant: Albert Ballard Andrews , Wei-Chuan Shih , Matthew Clayton , Oliver C. Mullins
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Main IPC: G01T1/169
- IPC: G01T1/169

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of hydrocarbons near an unmanned offshore oil platform. The method steps include monitoring reflected atmospheric and thermal radiation, detecting the presence of hydrocarbons, and generating an alert based on the presence of hydrocarbons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090039255A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OIL SPILL DETECTION Public/Granted day:2009-02-12
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