Industrial services

Silver Spring Energy Consulting Ltd. provides a range of services to the energy and resources sector. We were originally founded as a wellsite geological consulting company and have since branched out into a wide range of related roles. Geological services SSEC Ltd. provides wellsite and operations geological services to upstream oil and gas producers. We […]

Vegetation Indicies

NDVI NDVI imagery, otherwise known as Normalized Differential Vegetation Index, has become one of the most commonly discussed topics when it comes to UAV collected imagery for agricultural purposes. Plants reflect very strongly in near-infrared (NIR) and less strongly in blue green and red. Green is the the next most commonly reflected wavelength which is the […]

Methane Detection

Silver Spring Energy Consulting Ltd. is now capable of highly detailed methane leak detection and mapping thanks to our new GasFinder2 methane detection system. This system can be integrated onto our UAV platforms as well as mounted to our all-terrain vehicles and trucks. By using exceptionally sensitive methane detection technology, this system can confirm or […]

UAV methane detection now available

We are excited to announce the acquisition of a brand-new state-of-the-art UAV mounted methane detection system. Beginning early March 2019 Silver Spring Energy Consulting Ltd. will be using a UAV mounted system to detect and map methane in the atmosphere. This system is based on Boreal Laser’s tested and industry proven laser methane detection system […]

Mudlogging Services

Mudlogging Services Many clients still require drill cutting and gas sample collection to be completed while using remote geosteering. In these situations, we provide junior geological mudloggers to wash, vial and deliver samples for analysis and recording in the office or by a client’s specified lab. We provide three levels of mudlogging services to meet […]

Remote Geosteering

The Geosteering Method The term “geosteering” has been used colloquially in the industry to describe a process by which the geologist either in the field or in an office makes adjustments to wellpath targets using geological or geophysical data collected during operations. It is typically seen as an alternative drilling method to having the drilling […]

Data archival and digitization

Silver Spring Energy Consulting Ltd. would be happy to discuss our data management and archival solutions: Scanning old documents. Digitizing and georeferencing old air photos and maps. Database creation and management. Migration from Excel to a database system. Paper map digitization Using large-format scanners and industry leading GIS software we can take high resolution images […]

GIS and Remote Sensing Services

Silver Spring Energy Consulting Ltd. can provide a wide array of remote sensing and GIS services to our clients. We are equipped for a broad range of tasks from digitization of old maps to UAV based photogrammetry and web application development. Digitization services SSEC Ltd. can provide large-format scanning, georeferencing and vector digitization of old […]

Utilities

Please feel free to download and use any of our free cartographic utilities below. We provide these free of charge to help the community of cartographic and GIS professionals. Goodness of Variance Fit Calculator This Excel spreadsheet provides an easy way to calculate the GVF (Goodness of Variance Fit) for an array of values to […]