The use of satellite radarsat-1 images to detect and characterize areas with oil seeps is a strategic technology for exploration in frontier areas were geophysical and geological data are scarce. This project makes use of an efficient digital treatment of RADARSAT-1 images to take into account meteorological phenomena that can hamper identification of oil-related signals on sea surface, as well as oceanographic processes that can generate false targets, misleading the interpretation of real oil seeps.

The presence of oil slicks and seeps at the surface of the ocean were identified in the Espírito Santo Basin. They occur from 20 and 4,200 meters of water depths and have surface areas as big as 0.04 and 2.20 square kilometers. The results of this study suggest that present-day oil generation and migration associated with active petroleum systems is taking place over a large area of the basin. The location of the seepage slicks is important information to support the decision for E&P companies to explore oil in deep waters of the Espírito Santo Basin.

Full references of all images are listed in the reports

1. Introduction
2. Methods and results
   1. Study area
   2. Selection of Radarsat–1 satellite images
   3. Classification by textures of radarsat–1 images
   4. Monitoring meteorological and oceanographic conditions
      1. Sea surface temperature maps:
      2. Wind field intensity maps
      3. Chorophyll-a concentration maps
   5. Seepage slicks interpretation
      1. Seepage slicks over the regional geology
3. Conclusions and recommendations
4. Bibliography

1. Index map with coverage of 18 (eighteen) RADARSAT–1 programmed images covering the study area.
2. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow (SNAR) image acquired on March 05, 2007.
3. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on March 22, 2007.
4. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 2 (SNB) image acquired on March 27, 2007.
5. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on March 29, 2007.
6. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on April 09, 2007.
7. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 2 (SNB) image acquired on April 13, 2007.
8. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 2 (SNB) image acquired on April 20, 2007.
9. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on April 22, 2007.
10. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on May 03, 2007.
11. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 2 (SNB) image acquired on May 07, 2007.
12. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on May 09, 2007.
13. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 2 (SNB) image acquired on May 14, 2007.
14. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on May 16, 2007.
15. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on May 27, 2007.
16. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 2 (SNB) image acquired on May 31, 2007.
17. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on June 09, 2007.
18. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on July 03, 2007.
19. Quick-look obtained from a RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Narrow 1 (SNAR) image acquired on July 14, 2007.
20. Index map with coverage of 24 (twenty four) RADARSAT–1 images filed and programmed for study area and the 44 (forty four) seepage slicks candidates identified in a preliminary analysis.
21. Location of RADARSAT-1full resolution images used in this project
22. Ascending RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on June 09, 2007.
23. Seepage slicks interpretation in the RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on June 09, 2007.
24. Descending RADARSAT -1 SNB image acquired on April 13, 2007.
25. Seepage slicks interpretation in the RADARSAT -1 SNB image acquired on April 13, 2007.
26. Ascending RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on April 22, 2007.
27. Seepage slicks interpretation in the RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on April 22, 2007.
28. Descending RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on May 27, 2007.
29. Seepage slicks interpreted in the RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on May 27, 2007.
30. Ascending RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on July 03, 2007.
31. Seepage slick interpretation in the RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on July 03, 2007.
32. Ascending RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on March 22, 2007.
33. Seepage slicks interpretation in the RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on March 22, 2007.
34. Ascending RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on March 29, 2007.
35. Seepage slicks interpretation of the RADARSAT -1 SNAR image acquired on March 29, 2007.
36. Descending RADARSAT -1 SNB image acquired on May 14, 2007.
37. Seepage slicks interpretation of the RADARSAT -1 SNB image acquired on May 14, 2007.
38. Wind Field Intensity (m/s) Map obtained at 20:42 hours GMT on March 22, 2007.