Abstract
The remote sensors allow the analysis of the terrain in order to identify indications of possible hydrocarbon microseepage in soils and sediments. Microseepage are invisibly hydrocarbon escapes that are manifested on the surface through changes in the reflectance, stress on vegetation, abnormal concentrations of kaolinite, iron oxides and carbonate alterations. The objective of the work is to identify areas of possible hydrocarbon microseepage from the study of the last four indirect indices through the analysis of optical images. The digital processing of multispectral images, Aster, Landsat 7 and 8 consisted of red green blue (RGB) combinations, band ratios and integration and analysis of the information in the geographic information system. Spatial–temporal studies of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), analysis of thermal reflectivity images of the surface related to the stress of the vegetation and studies of mineralogical anomalies were carried out at a scale of 1:50,000. Areas with microseepage near the Motembo oilfield and the zone of Menéndez in Villa Clara province were interpreted, being corroborated by data from surface geochemical surveys with the presence of gas in soils. Another area with microseepage was identified in the Majaguillar area, with similar patterns to the previous ones, which was supported by the interpretation of a complex of non-seismic and non-conventional methods. In addition to these, other areas were interpreted with a lower degree of confidence but with characteristics very similar to those already established.
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Abbreviations
- RGB:
-
Red green blue
- NDVI:
-
Normalized difference vegetation index
- CEINPET:
-
Centro de Investigación del Petróleo
- IDP:
-
Image digital processing
- FLAASH:
-
Fast line of sight atmospheric analysis of hypercubes
- GIS:
-
Geographic information system
- NIR:
-
Near infrared
- Red:
-
Visible red
- LST:
-
Land surface temperature
- VIS:
-
Visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum
- SWIR:
-
Short wave infrared
- TIR:
-
Thermic infrared
- TSU:
-
Tectonic stratigraphic unit
- OLI/TIRS:
-
Operational land imager/thermal infrared sensor
- ETM:
-
Enhanced thematic mapper
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The authors thank the Centro de Investigación Del Petróleo and its Technical Archive for allowing the publication of non-confidential information on their research, as well as to Dr. Reinaldo Rojas Consuegra, and to Dr. Olga Castro Castiñeira, researchers at this institution, for the exhaustive and rigorous review of the manuscript.
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Jiménez de la Fuente, L., Pardo Echarte, M.E., Gómez Herrera, J. (2022). Identification and Mapping of Hydrocarbon Microseepage by Remote Sensors in the Majaguillar–Motembo Region, Cuba. In: Geological-Structural Mapping and Favorable Sectors for Oil and Gas in Cuba . SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92975-6_3
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