ABSTRACT
The problems that one faces during exploitation of a eld or deposit include making production more efcient and cost effective, adding reserves, and nding ways to extend the mine or eld life by nding bypassed resources. Airphotos, airborne Lidar, and highresolution satellite imagery can generally be used to plan and carry out these objectives. Several examples are provided to show remote sensing-based approaches to locating and exploiting new reserves. Cases from the petroleum industry illustrate using imagery to help locate inll and stepout wells (Bravo Dome, New Mexico), producing from fractured reservoirs (Austin Chalk, south Texas), coalbed methane (Piceance basin, Colorado), and wateroods (Cottonwood Creek eld, Wyoming). An example from the Huancavelica mining district, Peru, shows the same process applied to the hard rock mining industry. Finally, remote sensing contributions to mine safety and slope stability are discussed.
