Global Seeps

Exploring oil seeps in the World's offshore basins can be very costly both in time and money.
Infoterra has charted the oil slicks within the major oceans of the World, to create a seeps database covering over 60 million km˛ – spanning the Arctic to South America and from Europe through to the Far East and Australia.
Infoterra’s team is experienced in oil slick identification and characterisation– providing probable slick type and confidence level. This information, in the form of our Global Seeps database, is used widely as a cost-effective risk-ranking tool in new exploration areas, as well as for baseline oil pollution mapping.

Coverage: global data from the Americas through to Europe and the Far East = over 12,800 ERS equivalent scenes.

Availability: immediate delivery as a GIS product.

Flexibility: available on a local, regional or global basis, in order to provide you with the exact information you need.

Accuracy: constructed by screening offshore basins to a depth of approximately 3,000 metres using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data to identify all potential oil seeps.

Tasking: specific tasking of satellites is ideal for acquiring imagery during optimal weather windows or of areas where little/no data is available.

Near-real-time mapping service: tasking satellites together with near-real-time interpretation of the imagery means results can be delivered within hours. These results can be used as a key element for planning surface geochemical sampling – helping to reduce time at sea - and for assessing an environmental incident.


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Global Seeps data is ideal for:

  • Screening frontier basins
  • Integrated petroleum systems analysis
  • Planning surface geochemical programmes
  • Initial environmental risk assessment to full environmental baseline studies
For more information please download our flyer.
Global Seeps data is available now as a regional study or corporate package. Contact us today to find out more.

Repeating oil slick, offshore Peru