Oil & Gas Gas Leak Detection and Monitoring

Gas engineers may use visual inspections, pressure testing, combustible-gas detectors, ultrasonic tools, and optical gas imaging, depending on the asset and gas involved. For remote oil and gas sites, continuous monitoring adds persistent coverage between field visits. Well Checked combines long-wave infrared imaging, video, acoustic sensing, and AI-assisted validation to identify potential fugitive methane or VOC events and route actionable alerts to designated operator teams.

Well Checked’s methane leak detection and LDAR compliance service is designed for methane and volatile organic compound leak monitoring at upstream oil and gas facilities. Long-wave infrared optical gas imaging is used alongside video and acoustic inputs to build a stronger event picture. Detection capability, monitoring configuration, and reporting needs should be evaluated for each site’s equipment, processes, and regulatory obligations.

Periodic LDAR surveys provide a snapshot at the time of inspection, while continuous monitoring provides ongoing site awareness between visits. Continuous records can help operators identify when a validated event begins, support faster dispatch decisions, and better understand potential duration and volume of loss. It also reduces reliance on routine travel to every location solely to discover whether an issue exists.

Zentinal Core evaluates multiple sensor streams rather than relying on a single signal. The system uses an AI Site Learning cycle of approximately two days to understand normal site activity and process emissions, then filters likely non-fugitive events before escalating anomalies. Well Checked also offers alert tuning to adjust site sensitivity, suppress known process events, and refine escalation rules as operating baselines change.

Yes. Well Checked’s SCADA Integration Services can deliver alerts, emissions data, and operational insights within existing control-room workflows. Validated fugitive-gas events can be surfaced through the Well Checked Dashboard, email, text, and SCADA, allowing designated dispatch teams to acknowledge and manage events through familiar systems. Integration scope is planned around the operator’s existing controls, communications, and response procedures.

Once Zentinal Core validates a fugitive gas event, designated operator teams can receive near-real-time notifications through dashboard, email, text, and SCADA channels. Well Checked provides response-workflow templates, dispatch runbooks, and rapid-response protocols to support acknowledge, dispatch, and mitigate actions within 24 hours. Actual response timing remains the responsibility of the operator and depends on site access, safety conditions, and available personnel.

Continuous monitoring and quantification can provide data structured to support EPA methane rule alternative-monitoring compliance submissions under 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOOb. The platform’s outputs are also aligned with OGMP 2.0 Level 4/5 measurement-based reporting frameworks and structured for SASB Oil & Gas E&P and TCFD ESG disclosures. Operators should confirm their final reporting approach with qualified regulatory and legal advisors.

Well Checked serves continental US onshore upstream oil and gas producing regions. Confirmed deployment experience includes a continuous monitoring program in the Appalachian Basin, with availability for the Permian, Anadarko, Bakken, Eagle Ford, Denver-Julesburg, and San Juan basins. A deployment assessment can determine sensor configuration, communications, integration requirements, and the most practical rollout plan for a specific wellsite portfolio.