The Future of Methane Monitoring: /// Making The /// Making The

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Fugitive methane emissions reduction is one of the

most pressing needs in the Oil & Gas industry today.


Traditional measurement practices are often inaccurate
and inefficient, putting you at risk of dangerous,

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.

/// MAKING THE


>>>>>>>] INVISIBLE
References:
1- www.edf.org
2- oilandgasclimateinitiative.com Copyright 2018 Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC (“BHGE“).
3- www.oilandgasmiddleeast.com
4- www.sciencemag.org BHGE logo is a registered trademarks of BHGE in the United
5- www.osha.gov States and other countries. All product and company names
6- www.edf.org
are trademarks of their respective holders.

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/// 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.

view all of their sites The LUMEN platform


PHOTOGRAMMETRY HD AERIAL globally and are alerted also assists with back
VIDEO STREAMING
to potential issues via a office operations, 360 DEGREE
configurable alert screen. including automatic
Where LUMEN TERRAIN ground Once a site has been report writing. COVERAGE
sensors are not an option, take
to the air with our integrated
multi-faceted UAV, LUMEN
TDLAS & OGI
SKY. Giving you a quantifiable
leak rate, leak concentration
24/7
and leak location remotely. Fully customizable interface PROTECTION

Accurate location of leaks

Continuous digital methane


monitoring technology provides
real-time quantification and
notification of methane emissions
both indoors and outdoors while
enabling prescriptive analytics

/// MAKING THE


for preventative maintenance.

/// LUMEN SKY>>]


Giving you a quantifiable leak
rate, leak concentration and

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.

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