Print PageChevron uses a wide variety of remote sensing technology to support efforts to establish environmental baselines, monitor change, communicate with agencies and partners, and plan Health, Environmental, and Safety (HES) operations. The data types include multispectral imagery of varying spatial resolution; InSAR, LiDAR, historic aerial photography, and airborne/satellite hyper-spectral data cubes. The data are processed to help map vegetation, land cover/land use, topography, encroachment, ground deformation, oil, soils, and infrastructure. HES functions can benefit by finding ways to make use of expensive remote sensing data acquired by engineering and exploration groups for major capital projects, operations, and acquisition and divestiture projects. Currently, application of remote sensing products is largely focused on short-term decision making and relies on the local HES staff’s familiarity with the imagery and its interpretation.
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Chevron’s environmental stewardship is managed through an Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) which meets all the requirements of both the ISO environmental management systems standard (ISO 14001) and the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series requirements for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSAS 18001). Chevron’s OEMS is complemented by Environmental Performance Standards (EPS) in the exploration and production organization. OEMS includes required standards and processes that address many environmental aspects. A Next Generation Remote Sensing (NextGen RS) Project was initiated in 2010 by Chevron Energy Technology Company to develop guidance, standards, and tools to help fulfill the EPS requirements. Further, the project hopes to provide guidelines for HES staff that support short and long term business planning needs.
