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Monitoring fugitive methane emissions utilizing advanced small unmanned aerial sensor technology

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We integrated backscatter laser technology with a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to create a new platform for natural gas leak survey and quantification. Simulated flights with the sensor system deployed on a rotating 10m diameter boom successfully located and quantified emission rates from a known methane source. Actual low-altitude flights conducting raster pattern surveys of wellhead infrastructure located, visualized, and estimated flux from leaks smaller than 5 scfh.