Reduce unplanned downtime and emissions in Oil & Gas operations
Identify leaks faster, reduce turnaround time, and keep production running.
Methane leak detected within a refinery
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Gas leak detection in Oil & Gas operations
From upstream production sites to midstream compression stations and downstream refineries, gas leaks are a constant operational challenge. Facilities are large and complex, with scattered or dense equipment, difficult access, and harsh conditions. At the same time, operators must ensure safety, uptime, and increasingly strict emissions regulations.
Traditional leak detection methods struggle to keep up. They are often slow, require close access to each component, or depend on highly skilled operators, making inspections costly and hard to scale.
Distran’s ultrasonic cameras enable operators to detect and quantify gas leaks from a safe distance, across all gas types, and in real operating conditions. Used by commissioning, maintenance, and HSE teams across the sector, the Ultra Pro X is ATEX and IECEx certified for use in hazardous areas.
Reduce unplanned downtime
Accelerate inspections and turnarounds
Lower and report fugitive emissions
ATEX & IECEx certified for hazardous areas
Upstream: Protection of people and assets onshore and offshore
Challenges
- Harsh onshore and offshore environments with dense and complex process equipment
- Hard-to-access components across large production assets such as FPSOs and well sites
- Multiple potential leak sources across compressors, valves, pneumatics, and other equipment
How Distran helps
- Inspect from a safe distance, in complex and hard-to-access areas
- Detect leaks early to extend the lifetime of critical equipment
- Cover large areas quickly without point-by-point inspection
- Use in Zone 2 hazardous areas: ATEX and IECEx, UL certified (Gas Group IIC, all gas types)
Results
- Improved safety for inspection teams
- Faster surveys on large upstream assets
- Lower risk of missed leaks in routine surveys, startups, and maintenance
Video: Methane leak detected by the Distran Ultrasound camera. TotalEnergies Egina FPSO
Midstream: Reduce fugitive emissions at lower cost
Challenges
- Large networks of stations, and storage facilities
- Strict regulatory requirements for methane emissions
- Component-level inspections with FID/PID are time-consuming and costly
- OGI cameras require skilled operators and depend on environmental conditions
How Distran helps
- Scan large areas quickly without point-by-point measurements
- Operate reliably in outdoor conditions, including windy ones
- Reduce training requirements enabling faster onboarding of inspection teams
Results
- Lower inspection time and operational costs for LDAR programs
- Reliable documentation with images, videos, and quantified leak rates
- Support for methane reporting frameworks such as OGMP 2.0 Level 4 & EU Methane Regulations
Methane Leak detected by the Distran Ultrasound camera - Outdoors, on a substation
Downstream: Maximize uptime and accelerate turnarounds
Challenges
- Large and complex installations with thousands of components
- Tight turnaround schedules with high cost of delays
- Need to inspect multiple gas types (air, nitrogen, hydrocarbons)
- Limited accessibility requiring scaffolding or shutdowns
How Distran helps
- Scan large areas instantly without point-by-point inspection
- Detect leaks from a safe distance (typically ~8 m, up to 50 m), avoiding scaffolding
- Inspect during normal operations, even in high-noise environments
- Detect leaks from all gas types with a single device
Results
- Reduced risk of unplanned shutdowns
- More efficient and consistent LDAR programs
C4 gas leak between 2 flanges on an alkylation unit
Example applications in Oil & Gas
Ensure hydrogen system's safety
Ensure the safety of people and assets with easy detection of explosive gases.
Reduce methane emissions
Reduce methane emissions and keep up with new EU regulations.
Maintain process integrity
Ensure process quality and decrease production costs by detecting vacuum leaks.
What our customers say: An indispensable tool for onshore & offshore operations
TotalEnergies Feyzin, France
Inspections are carried out remotely, easily, quickly, and, above all, safely. The Ultra Pro X has become an indispensable tool.
Vincent Leleux, Deputy Head of Operations at TotalEnergies Feyzin, France
TotalEnergies FPSO, Africa
With Ultra Pro X, inspectors can cover more ground at once and detect leaks faster in hard-to-reach areas without scaffolding.
Site manager
Total Energies
Shell offshore
We can pick up the smallest of sounds. It saves our teams a lot of time while making sure the system is safe and leak-tight.
Chris Anderson, Subsea Project Engineer at Shell, United States
Why Oil & Gas operators choose Distran
Increased Safety
With a working distance from 0.3 – 100 m (1 – 330 ft), operators avoid contact with the gas and the need for scaffolding.
Reduced Downtime
Inspection teams cover large areas in little time and hence reduce downtime due to planned and unplanned shutdowns.
Faster Trained Staff
As no expert know-how is required, new users get familiar with the Distran ultrasonic camera quickly, which further saves costs.
Cut Emissions
The leak rate quantification enables to prioritize maintenance activities based on the impact of the leak, helping cut fugitive emissions.
Comprehensive Inspections
Distran ultrasonic imagers help expand the scope of inspections because Acoustic Leak Imaging devices detect leaks of all gas types.
Use in Hazardous Areas
The Ultra Pro X is ATEX and IECEx certified (Zone 2, Gas Group IIC) — intrinsically safe for use in potentially explosive atmospheres with any gas type.