TRUSTED FOR EFFECTIVE RESPONSE PLANNING AND REPORTING

RUTTER

OIL SPILL DETECTION

AND MONITORING

SYSTEM

PROTECT ASSETS

GLOBALLY

Assessing the risk of oil spills is a critical effort, and

continuing to advance response technologies and

procedures to ensure the least impact to the environment

and to human safety is critical. Answer the demand for

accurate oil spill detection and reporting with sigma S6 Oil

Spill Detection (OSD) systems. Combining proven strength

in early detection with tools that generate essential

information about oil spill volume, thickness, deformation

and drift, Rutter sigma S6 OSD systems provide accurate

up-to-date situational awareness. Augmenting these

capabilities with the data portability needed to share

information in real-time with spill response teams,

management and other key stakeholders, Rutter Oil

Spill Detection systems protect offshore, onshore, and

corporate assets around the world.

PROVEN SYSTEMSAsoneofthefirstcompaniestodeveloparadar-basedoilspill

detectionsystem,Ruttersystemshavebeenextensivelytestedand

proveneffectiveinindependenttrialsconductedbytheNorwegian

CleanSeasAssociationforOperatingCompanies(NOFO).

SinceintroducingOSDsystemsin2009,Rutterhasestablishedan

extensivereferencelist.sigmaS6systemsareinstalledonfixed

platforms,FPSOs,offshoreworkboats,patrolvesselsandspecialty

clean-upvesselsinBrazil,theNorthSea,GulfofMexico,Eastern

Canada,ChinaandRussia.Fornortherndrillingoperations,Rutter

OSDsystemshavebeenintegratedwithsigmaS6IceNavigatorTMto

providesimultaneousoilandicedetectionandtrackingcapabilities

ononedisplay.

NEW SIGMA S6 CONNECT

Anewweb-enabledinterface,allowsexternalsystemssuch

asGoogleEarthProandGISplatformstointerfacewiththe

sigmaS6OilSpillDetectionSystemtodisplayradarimaging

andalsooiltargets,outlinesanddriftinformation.

NEW COASTLINE MASK

AnewCoastlineMaskfeatureprovidesautomaticmasking

oflandareasusingaglobalcoastlinedatabaseand

permitsthemaskingofradarshadowstoenhancethe

detectionofoilspills,eliminatingmanyfalsedetections.

VERTICALLY POLARIZED

ANTENNA

Ruttercansupplyaverticallypolarizedantennaforuse

whereconditionsorjurisdictionsrequiretheinstallationof

adedicatedX-band(VV)oilspilldetectionradar.Thesigma

S6OSDsystemconnectstotheRutterRadar-100S6with

verticallypolarizedantennainamasterconfigurationand

givestheoperatorfullcontroloverthisradar.

FEATURES AND OPTIONS THAT FOCUS

ON YOUR REQUIREMENTS

Therequirementsofanoilspilldetectionsystemcan

varyfrombasicdetectionandreportingtothesupportof

morecomplexmonitoringandmanagementofclean-up

operations.Rutteroffersarangeofmodelsandfeatures

todealwiththesedifferingrequirements.Mostproducts

andtheirfeaturesetsareupgradableshouldvesseltasks

orprimaryassignmentschange.

LOW FALSE ALARM RATES

sigmaS6OSDsystems

permittheusertoset

parameterswhichmitigate

theoccurrenceoffalse

positivespilldetections.

Userscanselectregions

ofthescanareatoignore

basedonknownanomalies

andcanalsoprescribe

specificrangesordistances

fromthescannertoexclude

fordetection.Minimum

alarmthresholdscanalso

beset.

AUTOMATIC SPILL DETECTION AND OUTLINING

Whenthesystemalarms

theoperatorcaneither

acknowledgethatalarmor

cancelitbasedonability

tovalidatetheanomaly

asoil.Whenthealarmis

acknowledgedtheanomaly

istreatedasaspill.Itis

automaticallyoutlined

andavectorisdisplayed.

Historicalspilloutlinesare

maintainedanddisplayed,

revealingdriftand

dispersioninformation.

INFERRED THICKNESS AND ESTIMATED VOLUME

Asthickerareasofaspill

dampentheradarsignal

more,thicknesscanbe

inferredformoreefficient

cleanup.Modeledafterthe

AMSAOilSpillMonitoring

Handbookmethod,user-

definedthicknessvalues

arepairedwiththeauto-

calculatedareainformation

toprovideaninferredoil

volume.Thisinformation

enableoperatorsto

determineifagrowingspill

areaisrelatedtoincreasing

oilvolumeordispersion.

CAMERA INTEGRATION AND CONTROL

Integrationandcontrolof

EO/IRcamerasisfacilitated

throughthesigmaS6

userinterface.Features

includetheabilityto

supportmultiplecameras,

intelligentselectionof

abestcameraviewfor

specificspillsortargets

andautomaticslewingtoa

spillalarmareaforprompt

verification.Cameraswill

automaticallytrackaspill

asitmovesanddisperses.

INFORMATION SHARING AND PORTABILITY

OSDcanexportESRIoutlines

toVTMSandtacticalspill

responsesystemsas

visualoverlays.Screen

capturescanbeexportedto

systemfoldersforremote

displayandfullsigma

S6datacanbesharedby

networkedRemoteClients

orwithbespokeinformation

systemsviathesigmaS6

programminginterface.

FIG:3 – OSDMonitorintheforeground

displayingoilspillthatcanbeclearlyseen

outsidefromtheship’sbridge.

FIG:4 – Greenarearepresentsthe

auto-outliningofthecurrentspill

position.Thehistoricaloutlines

andvectorarrowrepresenttime

seriesdatarevealingdriftand

dispersionofthespill.

FIG:2 – sigmaS6OSDradar

imageofanoilspillpriorto

acknowledgementandoutlining.

FIG:1 – AnadvantageoftheOSDisthe

abilitytoshareinformationbetween

vesselsinrealtime.

PhotoCreditforFIG:3-NOFOoilonwater2013,takenbyDr.Baschek,FederalInstituteofHydrology,Germany.

PRACTICAL ANDVERSATILE SOLUTIONS

Rutter sigma S6 technologies connect to most commercially

available marine radars, enabling customers to extract additional

value and effectiveness from their existing assets. Should it be

required, Rutter provides the option of supplying a dedicated high

performance radar as an input sensor. As with all Rutter sigma S6

product lines, our OSD systems can be combined with any of our

other systems to meet your needs: Small Target Surveillance, Ice

Navigator™, SeaFusion Data Integration and the WaMoS® II wave

and current monitoring systems offered by OceanWaveS GmbH.

RUTTER OIL SPILL DETECTION SYSTEMS

Features:

• AutomaticSpillDetection&Outlining

• OilSpillTracking(DirectionandSpeed)

• ManualAreaOutlining

• OilSpillVolumetricCalculations

• ScreenCaptureandVideoRecording

• MotionCompensation

• MultipleRemoteClients

• ESRIShapefileOutput(UsedforGISInput)

• CursorSerialPortOutput(ForIRCameraInput)

• TTMNMEASerialPortOutputs(ForIRCameraandECDISInputs)

• sigmaS6Connect

• CoastlineMasking

Options:

• RawDataRecording

• SeaBridge-MultipleClient-LowBandwidthCommunicationLink

• SeaFusion-MultipleRadar-SingleDisplay

• VerticallyPolarizedRadarAntenna(VV)

Note:Allmodelsacceptstandardserial/networkinputsfromnavigational

instruments(NMEA0183)including:AIS,windanemometer,echosounder,speed

log,GPS,andgyrocompass.

Informationaboutendusertraining,productsupport,product

combinations,performancemodeling,productreferencesandreliability

measurescanbeprovidedbye-mailingyourrequesttosupport@rutter.ca

Rutter Inc. is an authorized representative of OceanWaveS GmbH.

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