Oil and Gas Leak Detection Automation

The three broad approaches are manual inspection, periodic remote or mobile sensing, and continuous fixed monitoring. Manual inspection relies on personnel and handheld instruments. Periodic sensing uses scheduled surveys, such as optical gas imaging or aerial methods. Continuous systems use permanently deployed sensors and analytics to watch for events around the clock. Well Checked’s approach is continuous, combining infrared imaging, video, acoustic sensing, and AI-assisted event validation.

Automated leak detection uses field sensors, onsite computing, communications, and analytics to observe equipment continuously. Zensory.ai™ combines high-resolution video, long-wave infrared optical gas imaging, and acoustic sensing. Its AI establishes a site baseline, evaluates multiple sensor signals, and filters normal process activity from potential fugitive events. Validated alerts can then be delivered through the dashboard, text, email, or an integrated SCADA environment.

Yes. Long-wave infrared optical gas imaging is designed to support day-and-night monitoring of methane and VOC emissions. This technology is paired with video and acoustic intelligence so potential events can be evaluated using more than one source of information. Continuous coverage helps operators discover events between scheduled surveys, including after-hours conditions when a routine field visit may not be practical.

AI reduces false alerts by learning the normal operating signature of each site and comparing new activity against that baseline. The Zensory.ai™ Site Learning cycle takes approximately two days per site. Zentinal Core™ assesses multiple sensor streams rather than relying on a single signal, helping distinguish normal process emissions and operational activity from probable fugitive anomalies before an alert is escalated.

Yes. Well Checked provides SCADA integration services that place Zensory.ai™ alerts, emissions data, and operational insights within established control-room workflows. Operators can receive validated event notifications through SCADA alongside dashboard, email, and text channels. This approach reduces the need to monitor another isolated system and supports faster acknowledgement, dispatch, and escalation based on the team’s existing procedures.

Once Zentinal Core™ validates a fugitive gas event, designated operator teams receive near-real-time notifications through the Well Checked Dashboard, email, text, and SCADA. Well Checked also provides response-workflow templates, dispatch runbooks, and rapid-response protocols. These tools are designed to help teams acknowledge, dispatch, and mitigate validated methane events within 24 hours, while maintaining clear records of the response.

Continuous monitoring can provide time-stamped event records, validation context, and emissions quantification that support regulatory and sustainability workflows. Well Checked structures output to support EPA methane rule alternative-monitoring compliance submissions under 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOOb. Data is also aligned with OGMP 2.0 Level 4/5 measurement-based reporting and structured for SASB Oil & Gas E&P and TCFD disclosure frameworks.

Well Checked supports continental US onshore upstream oil and gas operations. Confirmed deployment experience includes the Appalachian Basin. Because the platform uses onsite edge computing, it is suited to remote wellsite environments where communications can be intermittent. Deployment planning can be tailored to individual sites or portfolios.