Executive summary

Measuring unintended, fugitive methane emissions at oil and gas sites is challenging. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is lighter than air, odorless, easily disperses through open spaces and moves with the wind. The accidental nature of these emissions means we don't know when or where they occur. Accordingly, we don't know when and where to start measuring, nor do we know which equipment is leaking or the size of the leaks.

Sensirion Connected Solutions takes on this challenge with Nubo Sphere: a continuous methane emissions monitoring solution comprising purpose-built sensor technology, informed siting procedures and advanced analytics.

Nubo Sphere is designed from the ground up to provide a complete picture of methane emissions throughout the year and deliver actionable insights that oil and gas operators can rely on to localize and quantify emissions. This article is the first of three revealing how Nubo Sphere achieves this goal. It starts with high-fidelity raw data—a crucial input for advanced data analytics. In this article, we focus on the proprietary Nubo Sphere methane sensor technology that delivers quality inputs for the solution’s quality outputs.