Session 11. Oral Presentation for: Methane emissions measurement insights from an Offshore Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification study
Sandip Deshpande A * and Elizabeth Collins A *A
Sandip Deshpande is a Principal Product Manager in the Technical and Energy Development (TED) team at Woodside, based out of Houston. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering and over 20 years of experience in the Energy industry. At Woodside he is the Technology and Innovation focal point for Decarbonisation for Woodside’s International Operations team and also the Decarbonisation Portfolio Lead for the TED Engineering team in Houston. |
Elizabeth Collins is an Innovation Advisor in the TED team at Woodside. Elizabeth has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Geology and over 10 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. She currently supports Woodside’s International Operations in identifying and incorporating new technologies to improve safety and reduce emissions. |
Abstract
Presented on 28 May 2025: Session 11
Tackling methane emissions, from fossil fuel operations, represents a viable near and medium-term opportunity for limiting the effects of climate change. Various methane measurement technologies can be deployed to detect, localise and quantify methane emissions. These insights inform targeted methane mitigation activities and provide a credible basis for methane emission disclosure through reporting frameworks. Woodside Energy has taken actions to measure and reduce its methane emissions profile and is developing a pathway to embed available measurements technologies. As a signatory to the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s ‘Aiming for Zero’ initiative, these actions will also support Woodside Energy’s responsibility to communicate mitigation activities and meet the transparency expectations of its stakeholders. Offshore oil and gas operations’ safety, logistical and technical challenges impact the selection of technologies used for methane emissions measurement. In 2024, Woodside Energy completed a study, at our Shenzi platform in the Gulf of Mexico, to evaluate the performance of methane measurement technologies through a field deployment trial. The study considered a variety of technologies such as satellite, aerial, drone and handheld devices, results from which will also support the development of a longer-term measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification strategy. This paper will outline the technology’s performance relative to measurement objectives including (i) the identification of mitigation projects, (ii) the alignment with reporting frameworks, and (iii) the potential for ongoing cost-effective deployment. It also provides an overview of the attributes of the technologies and the insights gained through their field deployment.
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Keywords: aerial, cameras, carbon dioxide, detection, drones, emissions, flare efficiency, gas, lasers, measurement, methane, MMRV, monitoring, offshore, OGI, OGMP2.0, oil, reconciliation, reporting, satellite, verification.
Sandip Deshpande is a Principal Product Manager in the Technical and Energy Development (TED) team at Woodside, based out of Houston. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering and over 20 years of experience in the Energy industry. At Woodside he is the Technology and Innovation focal point for Decarbonisation for Woodside’s International Operations team and also the Decarbonisation Portfolio Lead for the TED Engineering team in Houston. |
Elizabeth Collins is an Innovation Advisor in the TED team at Woodside. Elizabeth has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Geology and over 10 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. She currently supports Woodside’s International Operations in identifying and incorporating new technologies to improve safety and reduce emissions. |
