Moriarty, N.M.-based Sceye said it is testing a helium airship to detect and measure oilfield emissions in a partnership with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico’s departments of environment and economic development. The airship hovers 65,000 feet above earth equipped with spectral imagers and laser sensors that Sceye said can scan emissions within a meter of their source.
Santa Fe New Mexican reported recently, “Because the ship can remain geostationary, rather than passing over a site as conventional aircraft do, it can stay focused on a pollution source such as a well leak collecting data and generating images.” Goal is for the airship to be operational by late 2023.