EPA grants SLB approval to deploy QLM Cameras across the oil and gas industry

Congratulations to SLB for receiving approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for using QLM’s Camera for periodic methane monitoring at oil and gas facilities .

The EPA has been expanding the use of alternative technologies to make emissions monitoring more accurate, efficient, and scalable. Approving technologies like the QLM camera gives operators more flexibility in how they meet compliance while driving better emissions outcomes. As collaborative and sales channel partners, SLB and QLM provided the EPA with a detailed field deployment plan for using the lidar methane camera along with technical papers, patents, independent field test results and testimony from our customers. We proved to regulators that our cameras can provide contiuous autonomous long-range monitoring with component-level spatial resolution so we can pinpoint fugitive leaks vs. permitted vents and eliminate false positives. We were approved at all leak resolution thresholds, giving operators maxium flexibility to set screening frequency and follow-up requirements, and broadly across the oil and gas sector, including all onshore basins in the US. We’re proud to have supported SLB through their approval process so they can give gas industry operators more accurate and comprehensive data, more efficient inspections, and complete compliance with regulations.

Read the full submission here: https://methane.app.cloud.gov/review/104