Designing an Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform Plan for Regional and Facility-Level Emissions Monitoring

Sonoma Technology is developing an integrated methane monitoring platform design plan comprised of satellites, aircraft, near-surface drones, ground-level mobile platforms, fenceline stationary networks, and component-level surveys for regional and facility-level emissions monitoring. Sonoma Technology will develop an initial plan by evaluating the literature on currently available methane monitoring technologies; survey oil and gas sector stakeholders and practitioners to document operational requirements and best practices in methane monitoring; deploy bottom-up, top-down, and bridge technologies in a real-world application; and summarize data management and assessment practices for a comprehensive integrated methane monitoring platform plan.</p>

This integrated platform plan will be informed and updated with information from a pilot field study with partners from GHGSat, Scientific Aviation, FluxSense, SeekOps, and Kern Energy to evaluate the real-world strengths, limitations, and complementarity of the various measurement techniques for leak detection and emission quantification.</p>