How Methane Monitoring Can Help Fight The Climate Crisis

How Methane Monitoring Can Help Fight The Climate Crisis

By investing in sustainable solutions, companies can take actions to be more efficient and better suited to meet their business and social commitments. Over a 20-year period, methane is 80 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Increasing global concern over the impact of climate change is forcing governments, the business community and others to explore ways to immediately start addressing global warming. With the release of the 2021 report from the U. N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, one specific area of concern has been methane. Over a 20-year period, it is 80 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, according to the U. N. Environment Programme. One significant, addressable source of methane emissions is hydrocarbon-intensive operations such as oil and natural gas, chemical and power generation facilities, according to the International Energy Agency, which says that "reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations is among the most cost-effective and impactful actions that governments can take to achieve global climate goals." To be clear, such operations do already work to prevent methane leaks today. However, the most common methods rely on manual inspections of equipment. Workers use handheld thermal cameras to inspect