Portable Imaging Spectrometer Rebellion’s A methane leak detector that can be mounted on a drone is one of a number of projects being funded by the US Government as part of a research programme to cut the costs of the technology. The initiative from the Department of Energy's Office of Science involves funding two teams working together in California and Texas to develop sensors for detecting leaks at oil and gas It is spending $30m to fund 11 new projects, each of which must reach certain performance levels whilst reducing basic costs to just $3,000 per year per well site from between $75,000 and $100,000 today.
A methane leak detector that can be mounted on a drone is one of a number of projects being funded by the US Government as part of a research programme to cut the costs of the technology. The initiative from the Department of Energy's Office of Science involves funding two teams working together in California and Texas to develop sensors for detecting leaks at oil and gas It is spending $30m to fund 11 new projects, each of which must reach certain performance levels whilst reducing basic costs to just $3,000 per year per well site from between $75,000 and $100,000 today.