OGNet: Towards a Global Oil and Gas Infrastructure Database using Deep Learning on Remotely Sensed Imagery

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07227v1
• Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 06:20:21 GMT
• Title: OGNet: Towards a Global Oil and Gas Infrastructure Database using Deep Learning on Remotely Sensed Imagery
• Authors: Hao Sheng, Jeremy Irvin, Sasankh Munukutla, Shawn Zhang, Christopher Cross, Kyle Story, Rose Rustowicz, Cooper Elsworth, Zutao Yang, Mark Omara, Ritesh Gautam, Robert B. Jackson, Andrew Y. Ng
• Abstract summary: At least a quarter of the warming that the Earth is experiencing today is due to anthropogenic methane emissions. In this work, we develop deep learning algorithms that leverage freely available high-resolution aerial imagery to automatically detect oil and gas infrastructure. We show that OGNet detects many facilities which are not present in four standard public datasets of oil and gas infrastructure.
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• Abstract: At least a quarter of the warming that the Earth is experiencing today is due to anthropogenic methane emissions. There are multiple satellites in orbit and planned for launch in the next few years which can detect and quantify these emissions; however, to attribute methane emissions to their sources on the ground, a comprehensive database of the locations and characteristics of emission sources worldwide is essential. In this work, we develop deep learning algorithms that leverage freely available high-resolution aerial imagery to automatically detect oil and gas infrastructure, one of the largest contributors to global methane emissions. We use the best algorithm, which we call OGNet, together with expert review to identify the locations of oil refineries and petroleum terminals in the U.S. We show that OGNet detects many facilities which are not present in four standard public datasets of oil and gas infrastructure. All detected facilities are associated with characteristics known to contribute to methane emissions, including the infrastructure type and the number of storage tanks. The data curated and produced in this study is freely available at http://stanfordmlgroup.github.io/projects/ognet .

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