Aquanta Vision secures pre-seed funding to advance real-time methane leak detection

EIC Rose Rock participated in the round with Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Chevron Technology Ventures, Ecosphere Ventures and Odyssey Energy Advisors.

The oil and gas industry conducts millions of inspections annually with OGI cameras to detect methane leaks. Finding leaks with OGI systems relies on human interpretation and an operator’s ability to recognise subtle patterns, a constraint that can allow leaks to evade detection during routine inspections.

Aquanta Vision’s technology changes the economics of the worldwide OGI-based inspections ecosystem by adding an automated detection layer through an add-on app that improves detectability without requiring new hardware. The application installs in minutes, runs locally and can be embedded at the edge, providing operators with real-time, in-flight plume visualisation for inspections with drone-mounted, fixed-mounted and handheld cameras.

Babur Ozden, Aquanta Vision’s CEO and Founder, said, “This investment highlights our shared excitement as our patented novel technology improves detection levels for OGI camera operators. The funding from EIC Rose Rock enables us to strategically accelerate this impact.”

“We are excited to partner with Aquanta Vision to scale and deploy this world-class technology that enables the energy industry to continue to deliver the secure, reliable and affordable energy that drives the American economy,” said David Clouse, Managing Director of the EIC Rose Rock fund.

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/equipment-and-safety/20052026/aquanta-vision-secures-pre-seed-funding-to-advance-real-time-methane-leak-detection/