EPA Methane Reporting and Emissions Monitoring Solutions

EPA methane reporting involves documenting emissions-related monitoring, detection, repair, and measurement activities required under applicable rules for oil and natural gas operations. Operators need reliable records that connect observed events, response actions, and emissions data. Continuous monitoring can provide time-stamped evidence between periodic surveys, helping teams organize data for compliance submissions and internal environmental reporting.

Continuous monitoring observes wellsite conditions around the clock rather than only during scheduled inspections. When a potential event is detected, AI-assisted validation can help separate fugitive anomalies from normal process activity. This gives operators earlier awareness, supports faster dispatch decisions, and produces a more complete record of event duration, response, and quantified emissions for compliance-oriented workflows.

Well Checked data output is structured to support alternative-monitoring compliance submissions under EPA methane rule 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOOb. Zentinal IQ™ is designed to provide regulatory-defensible quantification after Zentinal Core™ validates an event. Operators should still confirm their specific reporting obligations, approved monitoring approach, recordkeeping requirements, and submission process with qualified compliance counsel or advisors.

Zensory.ai™ uses a multi-sensor approach that includes long-wave infrared optical gas imaging, high-resolution video, and acoustic sensing. Infrared imaging supports methane and VOC detection day or night, while video and acoustic intelligence add operational context. Combining sensor streams helps improve event validation and reduces the likelihood that teams are overwhelmed by non-fugitive process events.

The platform uses a roughly two-day AI Site Learning cycle to establish site-specific operating patterns. Zentinal Core™ evaluates multiple sensor streams and filters known or normal process conditions before escalating a suspected fugitive anomaly. Alert-tuning services can further adjust sensitivity, suppress recurring non-fugitive events, and refine escalation rules as site baselines and operations change over time.

After Zentinal Core™ validates a fugitive gas event, designated operator teams can receive near-real-time notifications through the Well Checked Dashboard, email, text, and SCADA integrations. Well Checked provides response-workflow templates and dispatch runbooks to support acknowledgement, dispatch, and mitigation within 24 hours. Actual response timing remains dependent on the operator’s staffing, access, safety procedures, and repair resources.

Yes. Well Checked offers SCADA integration services that place alerts, emissions data, and operational insight within existing control-room workflows. This helps dispatch teams act from the systems they already use while retaining monitoring records in the Well Checked Dashboard. Integration planning should review the operator’s SCADA architecture, communications, data permissions, alert routing, and site-specific operating requirements.

Pricing is available on request and is typically informed by the number of sites, equipment configuration, monitoring objectives, communications environment, integration requirements, and reporting needs. A portfolio review can also identify whether a pilot program is appropriate. Operators should define priority assets, desired alert workflows, and whether detection-only capabilities or quantification and reporting support are required.