Offshore platform and floatel in the North Sea
Methane measurement · NASA JPL sensor heritage

Emissions numbers
that hold up under audit.

The SeekIR® sensor suite flies on autonomous drones to measure methane and carbon dioxide source by source, onshore and offshore. Each survey returns emission rates with stated uncertainty bounds, mapped to the framework you report under.

Approved as an alternative measurement method under Colorado AIMM (2024) and Alberta Alt-FEMP (2022)
Deployed with
BPShellEquinorEni
Evidence

Third-party results and regulatory approvals

Each figure below carries its source. Detailed test conditions are available on request.

1.1Mtonnes of methane measured per year across surveyed assets, 2021–2025 — about 31M tonnes CO₂e at GWP100 = 28 (AR5)SeekOps survey records
2019single-blind validation in the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge, tested at METEC (Colorado State University) and published in ElementaElementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2first drone system approved under Alberta Alt-FEMP (2022) and Colorado AIMM (2024)AER · CDPHE
6continents served — everywhere except Antarctica — by SeekOps crews and trained drone service partnersSeekOps operations
The solution

From flight to filed report in three steps

One survey produces everything your LDAR, ESG, and regulatory teams need — no stitched-together vendors.

01 / DETECT

Fly the site

Autonomous drones carry the SeekIR® sensor suite over tanks, flares, digesters, and offshore platforms, measuring methane, carbon dioxide, and 3D temperature profiles. No shutdowns and no scaffolding required. Readings stream live to the ground station through FASTR, our real-time telemetry link.

02 / QUANTIFY

Measure the rate

Parts-per-billion sensitivity from tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), combined with wind and flux modeling, turns each detection into an emission rate with a stated uncertainty bound. This is LDAQ®: leak detection and quantification.

03 / REPORT

Close the loop

Celsius, our reporting analytics software, reconciles measured emissions against your inventory and generates deliverables mapped to regulation (OGMP 2.0 Levels 4 and 5, the EU Methane Regulation) and to voluntary frameworks such as ONE Future and GTI Veritas, as well as MiQ gas certification.

Born at NASA JPL

Technology that first searched for methane on Mars

The SeekIR® sensor suite descends from the tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer (TDLAS) developed for the Curiosity rover. We hardened it for oil fields instead of Mars — and built a full measurement stack around it.

SeekIR® sensor suite TDLAS

Industry-leading tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy measures methane and carbon dioxide at ppb-level sensitivity — plus 3D temperature profiling for full site characterization. Drone-agnostic, field-proven from the North Sea to the Permian.

FASTR Real-time

Live gas concentration and telemetry streaming from sky to screen, so crews confirm findings before the drone lands.

Celsius Analytics

Reconciliation reporting that compares measured vs. inventoried emissions and packages defensible submissions for every framework.

SeekIR sensor suite mounted on a survey drone
Industries

Built for methane-intensive operations

Why SeekOps

Validated by scientists. Approved by regulators.

Vendors claim accuracy. We publish ours — in peer-reviewed journals, blind trials, and regulatory filings.

Single-blind METEC trials (2019)

Evaluated in the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge at Colorado State University’s METEC facility. Results were published in the peer-reviewed journal Elementa.

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2019

First drone system approved — Alberta (2022) & Colorado (2024)

First unmanned aerial system approved under Alberta’s Alt-FEMP and Colorado’s AIMM program. These approvals set the regulatory precedent for drone-based measurement.

Alberta Energy Regulator · CDPHE

World-first offshore campaign (2019)

SeekIR® sensors flew the first operational offshore aerial methane monitoring campaign at BP’s Clair Phase 1, West of Shetland, with FlyLogix operating the aircraft. The program has since extended across the UK Continental Shelf, Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark.

BP North Sea, 2019

MiQ compatibility assessed (2024)

Formally assessed for compatibility with the MiQ methane certification standard, supporting certified-gas programs alongside OGMP 2.0 reporting.

MiQ, March 2024

Industry awards

Offshore Achievement Award for Carbon Reduction (2023), ADIPEC Oil & Gas Start-up of the Year (2022), and ONE Future Technology of the Year — Production (2022).

SPE Aberdeen · ADIPEC · ONE Future

Backed by OGCI Climate Investments

Portfolio company of OGCI Climate Investments, the decarbonization fund backed by the world’s largest energy operators. SeekOps closed its $14M Series B in 2021.

Climate Investment · Business Wire
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