Emissions Monitoring from Space

The Challenge

C-CORE uses multiple satellite sensors and advanced analytics to provide objective emissions monitoring that supports validation of responsible operations globally. With a relatively short lifetime in the atmosphere, methane is one of the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases in the Earth’s climate system. The ability of remote sensing satellites to identify and monitor methane emissions on a global scale and over long periods of time, as compared to field measurement efforts, is a significant advantage. Until recently it was only possible to detect large emissions from space.

Our Solution

C-CORE has developed an innovative approach to methane emissions monitoring from satellites to support independent operator validation of emissions reporting. Space agency missions that provide freely available raw data for global detections and commercial missions that provide very high-resolution data for site specific measurements, such as GHGSat’s constellation.

The solution integrates multiple satellites to provide detection of large emissions cost effectively and measurement of smaller emissions for reporting purposes. C-CORE’s Platform of Interest analytics integrate approaches for plume detection, flaring activity, and platform detections that utilize advanced analytics to increase accuracy and reduce false positives of detections. These analytics approaches are combined with complementary databases to determine a platform risk assessment. Alerts are generated from the Platforms of Interest analytics engine and sent to the client. C-CORE’s confidential and secure Platforms of Emissions Dashboard displays all alerts over client’s assets and provide a wealth of information to support decision making for actions, management, and reporting of responsible operations.

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