Come check out Terence Trefiak present at the 4C Conference in 2018! His presentation will be based on the new EPA OOOOa LDAR regulations.

Presentation Title: EPA OOOOa LDAR Monitoring Case Study Data

Target Emission Services provides fugitive emission surveys for the natural gas industry (transmission, processing, storage and LNG). We specialize in using Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) to detect hydrocarbon leaks and vents for regulatory compliance.

In 2017, the EPA OOOOa regulation has come into effect. This regulation imposes OGI LDAR monitoring at new and modified compressor stations across the USA. Many of these facilities had no previous LDAR requirements and there has been significant speculation on what will be found during these monitoring events.

My presentation will attempt to explore the following questions using actual case study data from compressor station monitoring:

• How many and what size of leaks are being detected at these facilities?
• How have facility Operators tracked repair activities and what has been the repair success rates?
• What tangible benefits have been obtained from these OOOOa programs?