Maxar to provide environmental monitoring for Guyana
Feb. 21, 2023
Guyana’s EPA will utilize Maxar’s maritime monitoring and security tools to monitor drilling vessels for regulatory compliance and to identify potential spills.
Courtesy Maxar Technologies
This Maxar WorldView-3 image, collected Jan. 15, 2022, shows offshore petroleum activity in the Guyanese Exclusive Economic Zone.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Maxar Technologies, a provider of space solutions and geospatial intelligence, and the Guyana Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has entered into a three-year contractual agreement to provide the nation with environmental monitoring services for both offshore and terrestrial applications.
Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will utilize Maxar’s Crow’s Nest Maritime Monitoring and Security products to support offshore petroleum monitoring. The EPA will use the Crow’s Nest Maritime Tipping and Cueing Service, which leverages Maxar’s high-resolution optical satellites, to monitor drilling vessels for regulatory compliance and safety. It will also use the Crow’s Nest Multi-Sensor Oil Detection Service to identify potential spills.
The agreement with Guyana marks Maxar’s first Crow’s Nest contract in Latin America and the Caribbean and is an important milestone in the application of Crow’s Nest to the environmentally critical use case of monitoring offshore petroleum activity.
Guyana’s economy has grown significantly as a result of the influx of capital from newly discovered offshore oil and gas resources, and Maxar's monitoring capabilities will help Guyana’s EPA ensure the resource is sustainably managed, environmentally safe and able to be extracted for years to come.
