Emissions Management Resources

Evolving regulations demand operator compliance to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations. Qube, a leader in continuous methane monitoring, helps clients across industries, including oil and gas, meet these regulatory challenges.

Qube Technologies has built the Controlled Release Test Facility (CRTF), roughly 60 km (~ 37 mi) west of Calgary, Alberta, which functions as a specialized field environment to conduct continuous monitoring (CM) emissions tests under controlled real-world conditions. 

The landfill sector is undergoing significant change – heightened public scrutiny, incoming regulatory changes, and a rapidly evolving emissions monitoring landscape. Continuous monitoring technologies such as Qube offer clear advantages over traditional SEM approaches, including real-time leak detection, odor management, and all-season coverage.

Recently, we had the privilege of participating in the SPE Tech Talk, hosted by Victoria Jones, where our Chief Operating Officer, Eric Wen, shared insights into our cutting-edge methane sensor technology and its real-world applications.

The new Site Baselines feature helps you quickly identify over-emitting sites by comparing emissions to baselines set using various timeframes or EPA-compliant methods. The Emission Rate Rolling Averages tool provides deeper insights into trends with options from 1-hour to 90-day averages, improving your emissions monitoring over time.

Qube’s platform provides continuous emissions monitoring, using wind data, gas concentration, and source identification algorithms to detect methane leaks. However, users must verify alerts, as the algorithm benefits from operational input to ensure accurate source identification. 

Release 2.39 is now live, introducing the LDAR Workflow to effectively manage CH4 emission rate alarms by classifying emissions, assigning root causes, and tracking repair status directly in the Qube Dashboard. Additionally, users can utilize the Basic Workflow for other alarms to add comments and mark them as "Resolved," while classification data is easily accessible for analysis and export.

By upgrading high-bleed pneumatic devices to low-bleed controllers and implementing robust monitoring programs, operators can achieve significant reductions in methane emissions. These proactive measures are essential for complying with evolving regulations and minimizing environmental impact. 

This study reinforces a core value proposition of the Qube platform: minimal sensing hardware is required to accurately quantify methane emissions, and the devices remain reliable year after year in the field without manual intervention.