Optimization of environmental monitoring principles along oil and gas pipelines using GIS and remote sensing

The main objectives of this research were to evaluate the vegetation restoration progress and to predict erosion-prone areas along the BTC Oil and the SCP Gas pipelines. Based on the GIS and Remote Sensing analysis of high resolution multispectral satellite images, the total area of restored vegetation cover between 2005 and 2007 was detected to be 10.7 million sq. m. An area of 8.9 million sq. m. of ground vegetation needed restoration. USLE performed better than MMF model by identifying of 192 erosion occurrences out of 316 along the pipelines.