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The Future of Methane Monitoring: /// Making The /// Making The
The Future of Methane Monitoring: /// Making The /// Making The
The Future of Methane Monitoring: /// Making The /// Making The
THE FUTURE damaging and costly leaks. There are multiple reasons
why operators would benefit from implementing new
OF METHANE
technologies to reduce their methane emission footprint:
/// BHGE HAVE DEVELOPED Environment: Safety:
A GROUND BREAKING
MONITORING>>]
• Methane is 80x more • The highest number of
harmful to the environment safety incidents in the Oil &
DIGITAL INTEGRATED
than CO2, with methane Gas industry originate from
emissions causing ~20% driving between sites (40% of
Making the invisible visible of global warming1 fatalities in the industry are
MONITORING SOLUTION. Financial:
also due to driving between
sites). Reducing driving time
• Investors and customers is critical to improving safety6
In response to our customers methane are increasingly demanding
Reputation:
that their energy comes
monitoring needs, BHGE have developed from sources less harmful • Public awareness of major
a unique and flexible digital platform, to the environment2 methane leak incidents and
that incorporates both continuous 24/7 • Leaks account for more than their impact is increasing.
Reputations can be severely
monitoring ground based sensors in addition $30bn in lost revenue each
damaged by a single incident2
year from the O&G industry3
to an industry leading drone solution.
• The average amount of gas Regulation:
emitted can account for • Globally, regulations are being
between 2-3% of production4 put in place to educe the
• 50% of these leaks could amount of methane emitted
be fixed profitably5 by the Oil & Gas industry.
New technologies are needed
to meet the scale and
demand of these regulations.
www.bhge.com/methane www.bhge.com/methane
/// REAL TIME DATA Both solutions stream
live quantifiable data
to an intuitive cloud
deemed to be at risk,
operators can drill down
into the specific site, 80%
/// LUMEN
AND ALERTS >>] dashboard. Allowing
you to make quick and
and access the detailed
data in Leak Rate (scfh),
60%
40%
TERRAIN>>]
reliable decisions, Concentration (PPM) and 20% A high accuracy fugitive methane emission
saving time, money, Location (co ordinates). detection system that will continuously
your reputation and Historical and trend data and remotely ‘sniff’ for leaks, without
the environment. is also available at the
3D Operators are able to touch of a button.
the need for human intervention.
INVISIBLE VISIBLE>>]
leak location remotely.
Our Multi Faceted UAV meshes together Optical Gas Imaging
(OGI) and Tunable Diode Laser (TDLAS) technologies, by using
sophisticated proprietary algorithms, to create an accurate
quantification of leak rate, leak concentration and leak location.
LUMEN SKY also delivers video streaming
and 3D photogrammetry capabilities.