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Gas Mapping LiDAR™ for Midstream Operators

Gain system-wide visibility into methane emissions with accurate, audit-ready data.

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For transmission operators, methane emissions carry both regulatory and operational risks. Leaks from pipelines, compressors, and valves can trigger PHMSA audits, inflate compliance costs, and erode efficiency. Traditional LDAR programs—executed with truck rolls, handheld sensors, and fixed monitors—often struggle to adequately scan long linear assets across difficult terrain. The result? High costs, slow surveys, and blind spots that increase your risk.

Bridger’s Gas Mapping LiDAR (GML) gives midstream operators the sensitivity, coverage, and defensible reporting needed to reduce emissions, maintain pipeline integrity, and simplify compliance. With customizable detection thresholds (1–15 kg/hr at 90% PoD) and localization within a few meters, GML delivers actionable data across hundreds of miles per day, without the limitations of ground-based methods.

Why Midstream Operators Rely on GML

  • EHS Leaders: Identify and quantify leaks across entire pipeline systems
  • Regulatory Teams: Access PHMSA-ready, audit-defensible data
  • Operations Executives: Reduce truck rolls and lower remediation costs with network-wide visibility
  • ESG Leaders: Report measurable methane reductions with confidence
  • C-Suite: Demonstrate ROI by linking methane management to operational efficiency and risk reduction

By combining speed with precision, GML provides midstream operators with quantitative leak rates to prioritize repairs, streamline compliance, and protect margins.

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How GML Works in Transmission

Bridger’s aircraft-mounted GML is designed for scale, scanning hundreds of miles of pipeline corridors per day, regardless of terrain or weather. It uses two types of LiDAR simultaneously:

  • Topographic LiDAR pinpoints pipeline and facility location with accuracy
  • Atmospheric LiDAR detects methane by measuring absorption of our laser beam

The result is a geo-registered map of methane plumes that shows you what’s leaking, where it’s leaking from, and how much methane is being lost.

Key performance metrics:

  • Sensitivity: 1–15 kg/hr @ 90% PoD (customizable)
  • Localization: Within a few meters
  • Coverage: Hundreds of miles per day in any weather
  • Reporting: Time-stamped, geo-registered maps with pipeline overlays
  • Audit ready: Every dataset includes logged detection sensitivity and time-stamped, geo-registered coverage maps for defensible reporting

 

Proven Benefits for Transmission

Operational efficiency

System-wide visibility reduces windshield time and simplifies repair prioritization

Compliance assurance

Regulatory-ready data trusted in PHMSA and EPA contexts

Risk reduction

Detects leaks before they escalate into reportable incidents or integrity threats

ROI you can measure

Avoid unnecessary remediation costs while improving safety and efficiency

Global credibility

Align with OGMP 2.0 Level 4 and 5 reporting to reinforce transparency with regulators, investors, and stakeholders

Trusted by Industry Leaders

GML is trusted by some of the largest pipeline operators in North America and has been recognized by regulators as a credible, advanced methane detection technology. Independent studies continue to validate its effectiveness for midstream operators managing vast transmission networks.

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Let’s find out how GML can support your methane management goals.