Gas
Leaк
Detection

at any facility
Main gaslines
HPP
High pressure pipelines
Gas compressor stations
GCS/UGS
Gas compressor stations and underground gas storage facilities
Gas distribution stations
GDS/GDP
Gas distribution stations and plants
Gas distribution companies
NGSE
Gas distribution companies, housing and utilities infrastructure

Gas leak detection

at any facility
Main gas lines

HPP

High pressure pipelines

Gas compressor stations

GCS/UGS

Gas compressor stations and underground gas storage facilities

Gas distribution stations

GDS/GDP

Gas distribution stations and plants

Gas distribution companies

NGSE

Gas distribution companies, housing and utilities infrastructure

Why are leaks so dangerous?


$ 190M 

This is the annual waste of money on gas leaks

According to Greenpeace independent estimation, natural gas losses, related to its leaks, can comprise up to 10% along the path from the production field to the customer.

Explosion and fire hazards

We often hear the news concerning about explosions at industrial facilities and residential buildings due to natural gas leaks. As for industrial facilities, explosions can lead to casualties, process flow disruption, and incapacitation of expensive equipment.

In apartment houses, it can also cause fatalities and substantial material losses of the aggrieved and their neighbors. After such accidents, buildings are officially considered as no longer residential premises and are subject to demolition.

Greenhouse effect

The world community in general and the Russian government in particular are seriously concerned about the global climate change, and that is reflected in periodic enhancement of hazardous substances emissions regulations.

Methane is a greenhouse gas. According to the estimation of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), methane’s contribution to warming due to the greenhouse effect has been 84 times more than carbon dioxide over the last 20-year period.

PERGAM patent
PERGAM patent

Detector operation patented algorithm


Our remote laser methane detector operation principle was patented in 2006. It allows getting superb sensitivity readings.

Operation principle


  • Methane cloud
    Detector operation pattern

    The remote laser detector measures methane concentration in the air. The laser beam (having the wavelength, which corresponds to methane absorption line) reflects from a topographic object (the ground, a wall, etc.), which is 493 ft away from the device and returns into the receiving channel of the optical system. Concentration is measured along laser emission and is displayed in a relative value, i.e. ppm×m.

  • Signal correlation
    Signal in the analytical channel
    The signal in the analytical channel in case methane molecules are present in the laser beam.
    Сигнал в реперном канале
    Signal in the reference channel (the line shape after methane absorption).
  • MILESTONES

    PERGAM development stages

  • 2003

    A device based on the method of remote laser spectroscopy was developed for helicopter-based diagnostics of main gasline linear parts.

  • 2004

    The first shipment of airborne remote methane detector to Gazprom transgaz Yekaterinburg JSC.

  • 2005

    A vehicle-based methane detector with sampling for leak detection in an urban setting (SELMA laboratory) was developed.

    Vehicle Mounted Gas Leak Detection Vehicle Methane Detector.

    American office was founded for promotion of proprietary developments on the North American market.

  • 2006

    We obtained the U.S. Authority’s approval for flight inspection of main gaslines (we tested ALMA at the area of Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center).

    A remote vehicle-based methane detector was developed, which expanded the capabilities of SELMA mobile laboratory.

    Vehicle Methane Detector SELMA
  • 2007

    International patents in the USA and Europe.

  • 2009

    Start of shipments to China, South Korea, Estonia, and other countries.

  • 2010

    Italian office was founded for promotion of proprietary developments on the European market.

  • 2011

    Production start of vehicle-based flowing methane detector updated version, sensitivity increased 10 times (up to 0.1 ppm).

    Vehicle Gas Leakage Detector
  • 2013

    LMS fixed installation remote methane detector was developed for continuous gas content monitoring at gas transport system open processing areas.

    Fixed methane leak detector
  • 2014

    An intrinsically safe version of LMS was developed for shipment to South Korea (Korea Gas).

    Fixed Natural Gas Leak Detection System
  • 2015

    First shipments of SELMA and helicopter-based remote detector to Australia and New Zealand.

    Airborne Laser Methane Assessment
  • 2016

    We received a Skolkovo Foundation grant for implementation of further developments in the sphere of laser spectroscopy.

    We received a Skolkovo Foundation grant
  • 2017

    We successfully tested a new version of a powerful remote detector was installed onboard a light airplane.

    Airborne Laser Methane Assessment Generation 2 Airborne Natural Gas Leak Detection
  • 2018

    Full production of methane detectors to use on UAVs.

Worldwide cooperation

Gas companies all around the world utilize PERGAM technologies.


Argentina
Argentina

TGS & TGN

Australia
Australia

APA Group

Bulgaria
Bulgaria

Bulgartransgaz

China
China
Baotou Gas Company
ENN Energy Limited
five more
Petro China
Towngas
Shenyang Gas Company
Tianjin Gas
Xinjiang
Czech Republic
Czech Republic

Net4Gas

Estonia
Estonia

AS Eesti Gaas

Germany
Germany

SPG Group

India
India

GAIL

Japan
Japan

Tokyo Gas Engineering

Lithuania
Lithuania

Amber Grid

New Zealand
New Zealand

Vector Limited

Pakistan
Pakistan

Sui Southern

Russia
Russia

Gasprom
Sakhatransneftegaz

Singapore
Singapore

Singapore Petroleum Company

South Korea
South Korea

KOGAS Safety
KOGAS

Switzerland
Switzerland

Ereca AG

Turkey
Turkey

Botas

USA
USA
Williams Pipeline
ExxonMobil
four more
Kinder Morgan
Transco
Northern Natural Gas
ONEOK
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Objects

Main gas lines

HPP

High pressure pipelines

Gas compressor stations

GCS/UGS

Gas compressor stations and underground gas storage facilities

Gas distribution stations

GDS/GDP

Gas distribution stations and plants

Gas distribution companies

NGSE

Gas distribution companies, housing and utilities infrastructure