Performance Evaluation of Survey Solutions in Detecting and Localizing Source-Level Emissions Using a Single-Blind Controlled Testing Protocol.

ABSTRACT: Standardized controlled testing of emerging methane detection solutions is a critical step in demonstrating emissions mitigation equivalence between emerging solutions and existing regulatory-approved leak detection and repair methods, such as ground-based optical gas imaging (OGI) camera surveys, in the United States and Canada. In this study, 12 solutions─including four hand-held OGI cameras, hand-held NextGen solutions, and mobile solutions (automobile- and drone-based)─were evaluated using a single-blind controlled testing protocol at an outdoor facility designed to simulate emissions from a simplified onshore North American oil and gas production facility. Three solutions were retested 3 to 12 months after the initial assessment using the same protocol and facility to evaluate how per

SUBMITTER: Ilonze C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12810231 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature