Every existing method detects oil only after it surfaces. There is no remote technique for finding hydrocarbon leaks, sewage, or oil emulsions while they are still in the water column — leaving subsea pipelines, outfalls, and offshore infrastructure without an early-warning measurement at the source.
The programme productises ssLIF, an underwater laser-induced fluorescence LiDAR built on the proven LIFL-11 platform rather than a compact-sensor variant. It operates in the water column and near pipelines, mounts on ROVs and surface drones, and is designed to scale toward scanning and deep-sea configurations (to 6000 m).
ssLIF is in development. The target is real-time detection of hydrocarbon leaks, sewage, organic pollutants, and oil emulsions below the surface — a capability with no existing remote alternative.
LIFeLiDAR leads the optical-engineering work, supplies the instrument platform, and runs joint validation alongside the consortium partners.
Programmes are scoped one consortium at a time. If your team is preparing a call response, drafting an institutional partnership, or sourcing in-situ data for a satellite mission, the team replies directly — usually within two working days.