Chevron Achieves 99% Survey Coverage with Gas Mapping LiDAR™

Industry

Energy, Natural Gas

Challenge

Chevron needed a scalable, high-specificity methane detection approach that could help reduce methane intensity across its expansive Permian Basin operations. Their team required technology that could rapidly surface actionable emissions data while reducing windshield time and improving cross-operator coordination.

Result

Bridger Photonics’ Gas Mapping LiDAR expanded Chevron’s methane monitoring capabilities across nearly all U.S. onshore assets, delivering targeted insights, speeding up data delivery, and improving operational efficiency.

Key Product

Gas Mapping LiDAR

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950

onshore facilities scanned

99%

survey coverage across U.S. onshore sites

It’s a game-changer. It can find leaks that are 10 times smaller than other commercial providers are capable of spotting.

Bruce Niemeyer

Americas President, Exploration and Production at Chevron

About Chevron

Chevron is one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies and has a major operating footprint in the Permian Basin. With broad commitments to methane reduction and the Global Methane Pledge, Chevron sought innovative technology partners capable of supporting emissions reduction at scale, even in complex operational conditions, difficult weather, and rugged terrain.

The Challenge

Chevron aimed to reduce methane intensity across its Permian Basin assets. Achieving this required:

Screening large geographic areas with high accuracy
Rapid data turnaround to prioritize follow-up activities
Reducing windshield time for field teams
Ensuring solutions could scale across multiple operators
Maintaining reliability in variable weather and operating environments

Traditional site-level approaches couldn’t deliver the level of specificity or consistency required to support Chevron’s methane-reduction strategy.

The Solution

Chevron partnered with Bridger Photonics to deploy Gas Mapping LiDAR as part of a multi-modal emissions reduction initiative.

Bridger delivered:

High-specificity detection with plume imagery and equipment-level leak attribution
Fast data delivery, typically within 5 business days
Reduced need for travel, improving both operational efficiency and crew safety
Scalable flight operations that include grouping with nearby operators to save cost
Useful detection limits for the Permian (<10 kg/hr) with high resilience to local weather conditions

Chevron integrated Gas Mapping LiDAR alongside sensor networks and flaring-reduction technologies, creating a comprehensive, data-driven methane management program.

The Results

Chevron significantly strengthened its methane detection and reduction capabilities across its Permian operations. With Gas Mapping LiDAR, the company achieved near-complete coverage of U.S. onshore assets, reduced windshield time, and improved prioritization of leak-repair activities. The program also created replicable best practices, now shared globally with visiting delegations exploring methane-reduction strategies.

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