Explicit ApS, one of Europe’s pioneers in the use of UAV technology to monitor emissions, has achieved ISO 17025 accreditation on a new drone-based method to quantify fugitive methane emissions at site level. The accreditation, the first of its kind in the world, provides the oil gas industry with a path to independently verify methane emissions at site level in compliance with OGMP 2.0.
One of the main climate challenges for the oil gas industry is correctly locating and estimating the total level of fugitive emissions of methane leaking from production and distribution. How much is actually being emitted from various sources and how does that compare to model assumptions currently being used in green reporting? The second challenge is to ensure integrity around any field measurements to be able to satisfy regulatory requirements and industry quality standards.
Danish-based engineering company Explicit ApS has endeavored to tackle both of those challenges by developing an innovative drone-based technique called the DFM (Drone Flux Measurement) Method, aimed at quantifying fugitive emissions of methane at site level, and secondly by achieving international ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation on its use.
“ISO/IEC 17025 is the international accreditation standard applicable to test laboratories. By achieving accreditation on the DFM method we are able to provide the oil gas industry with an independent technique to verify their actual fugitive methane emissions at site level which complies with normal standards for environmental inspections,” says Jon Knudsen, CEO at Explicit ApS.
Breakthrough in the use of drones for emissions monitoring
Explicit ApS has been working with ‘sniffer drones’ for more than 10 years and is considered one of the European pioneers in the use of drones for emissions monitoring. The DFM method is the engineering company’s latest innovation, unique for its ability to map both gas concentration and wind flow directly from a drone during flight. The combination allows for greater measurement accuracy and better visualization of the emissions drifting from a target site.
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