MethaneLive: At the Heart of the Global Methane Monitoring

Since 2022, TotalEnergies has pursued a bold ambition: near zero methane emissions by 2030. By 2025, emissions were cut by 65% compared to 2020, earning a fifth consecutive OGMP 2.0 gold standard (standard for transparent, verified, methane reporting). Today, the focus is on sustaining this performance everywhere and at all times.

Methane: From ambition to continuous action

To sustain this 24/7 monitoring, we have deployed continuous real time methane detection across all operated upstream assets. Proven technologies tested at our TADI platform in Southwest France.

From IoT sensors and other continuous monitoring technologies, operators are able to quickly check emissions and take corrective action.

We’ve deployed over 13,000 IoT methane trackers across our assets.

Each one has been configured and tested ensuring easy installation on site.

Once in place, these sensors track methane emissions with high precision.

All Data is sent in real time to IoT dashboards, giving visibility to everyone.

We are deploying over 40 cameras and 60 pyrometers across our operations with 34 cameras already active here in Argentina. These advanced infrared cameras deliver continuous monitoring of our plants to detect methane leaks and abnormal emission signatures. Pyrometers and flare monitoring cameras continuously verify that it remains lit, ensuring proper combustion of the gas routed to the flare.

Here in Congo, we have successfully finalized the measurement campaign and the integration of models in PI Vision, complementing over 220 predictive emission system (PEMS) – across the world - on our stationary fuel gas combustion equipment, allowing us to monitor our methane emissions from stationary combustion in real time.

But technology alone is not enough. It all comes together in one dedicated center.

Today in the MethaneLive smart room, we have two main missions. The first one is to aggregate, visualize and alert. The second part is to analyze, using our new tool STORM.

STORM today is a game changer clearly, to better visualize at the same time on one tool all the sources of data: IoT sensors, AUSEA drone, cameras streaming, and the images from satellites can be gathered in one place.

All the operators are clearly committed for this methane emission monitoring, very committed to act as soon as they have a detection.

Our reduction of greenhouse gases emissions is one target for our operational excellence.

Driven by our site teams and supported by AI for some technologies, continuous detection is now fully deployed.

From current TotalEnergies’ assets to new developments like the GrandMorgu FPSO project in Surinam, this collective effort is a major step toward our near zero methane ambition.

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