Oil pollution pose a serious threat to the environment as well as to commercial interests.
These conditions has compelled Norway's development of a sophisticated surveillance system for detection, identification and tracking of oil spills from both offshore oil exploration and shipping. Information on possible oil spills is provided to the end users within two hours after data acquisition. Narrow image showing a potential oil spill off the coast of Norway, September 1996. The wind conditions are causing the lighter parts of the spill to drift away from the main parts. On a regular basis TSS forwards satellite coverage maps to the end users.