Deep learning for detecting and characterizing oil and gas well pads in satellite imagery

Abstract Methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are a large contributor to climate change. Robust emission quantification and source attribution are needed for mitigating methane emissions, requiring a transparent, comprehensive, and accurate geospatial database of oil and gas infrastructure....

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Main Authors: Neel Ramachandran, Jeremy Irvin, Mark Omara, Ritesh Gautam, Kelsey Meisenhelder, Erfan Rostami, Hao Sheng, Andrew Y. Ng, Robert B. Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50334-9