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The Oil Spill Response Radar (OSSR) Sigma S6 radar provides operators with real-time information about an oil slick in order to maximize recovery efforts. It is one of only two systems to receive certification from the

Norwegian Clean Seas Association (NOFO). The Sigma

S6 System automatically detects oil and sets off a warning alarm. The operator can then draw a polygon around the spill to track its direction and movement. The system cal- culates the centroid of the spill and displays it as a point.

From this point an arrow will appear indicating its direc- tion.

Rutter Inc. recently announced an order for the (OSSR)

Sigma S6 system with a total value of just under $1m.

Most recently Rutter's OSSR was used to detect oil slicks during the clean-up of the oil spill from an Icelandic con- tainer ship along Norway's southeast coast. Rutter's tech- nology was used by the Norwegian Coastal

Administration following the oil spill into ice encom- passed waters of the North Sea on February 17, 2011.

Key system features of the Sigma S6 include automated alarming; spill outline, dimension and area calculation; integrated screen capture and e-mail capabilities; auto- matic archiving of ESRI shapefile data; ability to save up to 10 days of key data; and accurate geographic position- ing. As optional features, the system includes surface cur- rent direction and intensity and wave direction. www.rutter.ca

TECH FILE

Rutter’s Oil Spill Response Radar

Sigma S6 System 8 MN April 2011

LEFT:

Image from the Norwegian

Coastal Administration’s KV

Harstad after the Godafoss spill in February 2011.

BELOW:

Sigma S6 OSSR screenshot of the

Godafoss spill near Hvaler in

February 2011.

Images courtesy CNW Group/Rutter Inc.