Аннотация:Russian Services of Sea Oil Pollution Satellite Monitoring: Reality and Potential. By A.A. Kucheiko, V.V. Zatyagalova, R.N. Modeev, V.V. Stanovoy Technologies of sea-based oil pollution radar satellite monitoring have been by now brought into operation and are widely used in many countries in combination with systems of quick reaction. Other means of observation are supplemented with satellite information, which provides operational all-weather control of vast sea areas based on wide-swath and high-resolution imagery. The article is devoted to the existing systems of radar satellite monitoring, problems of oil pollution radar satellite monitoring service development and perspectives of its adoption in Russia.