The NASA Technology Now Tracking Oilfield Methane

Podcast: Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To · collide.

Opublikowano: 2026-06-05

Methane is invisible, odorless, and far more potent than CO2 in the short term, so how do you actually catch it leaking? Brendan Smith, CEO of SeekOps Inc., explains how technology built for the Mars Curiosity rover ended up flying on drones over oil and gas sites here on Earth. We get into spectrometers versus satellites, why offshore detection is so tricky, what EU methane rules mean for US operators in 2027, and how SeekOps turns an invisible gas into something you can finally see. Click here to watch a video of this episode. <...