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 Technologies, a leader in continuous emissions monitoring solutions for industrial and oil and gas industries, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gretchen C. Kern as Vice President of Regulatory & External Affairs.

Jarett Henry’s journey from strategy consulting to new market development at Qube Technologies is a testament to his adaptability, resilience, and commitment to making a difference. His ability to blend business strategy with operational involvement has already made a significant impact at Qube, and we look forward to seeing how he continues to drive innovation and growth in new markets. 

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 month, we shine the spotlight on Carol Brereton, a Senior Data Scientist whose journey from academic research to practical innovation is truly inspiring.

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. 

Qube deployed continuous monitoring devices with CH4 and CO sensors throughout a customer’s natural gas processing facility. The Qube sensors detected elevated emissions – specifically, increased CO concentrations – and reported this data to the customer via Qube’s dashboard.

The oil and gas industry faces increasing public pressure to reduce its environmental impact. Consequently, regulators are progressing more stringent regulations for the management of fugitive emissions.

We often hear from customers how important it is for their Qube Emissions data to integrate into their existing SCADA systems. For locating and troubleshooting issues, nothing beats having a single screen with integrated data about your facility’s operations alongside the atmospheric data and emissions model results reported by the Qube system. With the Qube REST API, this is all made easy. 

This month, we feature Waseem Alkhayer, whose extensive experience in electrical engineering and project management has been instrumental in driving innovation at Qube.

Qube Technologies (“Qube”), a leader in continuous emissions monitoring technology, is proud to announce that it has achieved the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2 certification. This milestone underscores our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security for our customers.

In areas of high-density oil & gas, mixed-use industrial, and agricultural development, it can be difficult to determine the source of a greenhouse gas emission.

Qube has participated in numerous studies characterizing the technologies probability of detection and one thing has remained consistent across all of these studies; our PoD has never converged to a single curve or value for a 90% PoD.

A basic requirement of a continuous monitoring system is generation of alarm notifications based on emission rates exceeding a defined threshold. Alarm notifications are used by field operations personnel, LDAR technicians, engineers, and air quality professionals to initiate further investigation of the emission event and if necessary, coordinate field inspection and repairs.