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MXR-CS-shale 12/20 OTHER USES OF IMAGERY AND DEMS IN UNCONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Energy companies utilize imagery and DEMs across the enterprise and throughout the E&P process in both conventional and unconventional areas of operation. These uses include: ■ Mapping and monitoring ground features such as roads, well locations, facilities, property boundaries and utilities ■ New well planning and spotting, site development, seismic planning ■ Facilities analysis and monitoring, pipeline construction and monitoring ■ Environmental impact and hazards assessments and view-shed analysis. ■ Monitoring rights of way and other corridors for encroachment, erosion, stability and security ■ Monitoring the coastal zone, including erosion, deposition and water conditions ■ Monitoring surface stability and deformation in producing areas ■ Monitoring changes in the natural and as-built environment info@maxar.com maxar.com Drilling benefits Facilities benefits ■ Reduce field visits to determine location of existing infrastructure. ■ Determine preliminary/pre-stake routes faster, with more confidence and higher success rate from the desktop. ■ Determine timing and level of effort to construct facilities ahead of wells and other activities (land, damages, contractor bidding, etc.). ■ Quickly estimate potential surface damages from the desktop. ■ Avoid undesirable post-construction surface damages negotiation by staying further ahead of schedule and increased flexibility gained with a faster decision and planning process. The use of high-resolution imagery and elevation data can provide a strong return when effectively used in the planning phase of field operations. ■ Ensure you have all information necessary to pick preliminary locations from the office, so you can make decisions faster and make better use of drilling and field personnel time. ■ Reduce the number and duration of trips to the field and current success rate of 30-50 percent for determining useable locations on the ground should increase to near 100 percent. ■ Quickly estimate surface damages from the desk. ■ Stay ahead of the drill schedule to avoid the potential for idle rigs. ■ Accurately estimate time and cost to construct surface locations based on topography, vegetation and surrounding infrastructure. ■ Prioritize the drilling schedule and gain flexibility with better planning. ■ Provides a baseline for contractor cost comparison and auditing. ■ Significantly reduce time from planned well to approval for construction.

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