Ocean Visuals has been featured by the European Innovation Council as part of its World Ocean Day 2026 spotlight on EIC-backed innovators supporting ocean protection, environmental monitoring, and safer coastal ecosystems.
In the article, the EIC highlights Ocean Visuals as an EIC Accelerator company from Norway developing OWL, the Oil-in-Water Locator, using advanced sensor technology to detect, classify, and quantify oil spills and chemical pollution in real time.
For Ocean Visuals, the recognition reflects the relevance of real-time monitoring technologies in supporting safer marine and coastal ecosystems.
OWL is designed to provide rapid insight into the presence and characteristics of oil and organic substances in water, helping improve environmental monitoring, operational awareness, and decision-making when reliable data is needed.
Published in connection with World Ocean Day 2026, the EIC article highlights innovators developing technologies with potential to support ocean protection, environmental monitoring, and safer coastal environments.
Ocean Visuals is proud to be included among the EIC-backed companies contributing to new ways of understanding and protecting marine environments through advanced technology.
“The operational use of this technology has the potential to improve the verification of suspicious oil features, the detection of oil in the water column, reducing the need for conventional laboratory analysis.”
Cristina Maria Bentz
Ocean Visuals AS
Oslo Science Park
Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo - Norway
+47 21 50 71 00
post@oceanvisuals.no
