SuperVision Earth: Using Satellites and Deep Learning to Monitor, Prevent and Reduce Gas Pipeline Incidents 

Gas companies around the world operate more than a million kilometers of high-pressure gas pipelines, transporting approximately 2,600 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. Methane, a potent short-term greenhouse gas, is important to monitor, to prevent gas leakages worldwide. According to global warming projections, gas leakages will have a significant impact on the current global warming trajectories. Mitigating this impact is important to alter the current direction of climate change.

SuperVision Earth, a start-up company based in Darmstadt, Germany, has made it their mission to help companies significantly reduce incidents of underground pipeline leaks and therefore minimize methane escape into the atmosphere. By using precise satellite data, cloud computing and deep learning, SuperVision Earth helps prevent gas pipeline incidents. With these technologies, certain methane leaks can be quickly and easily identified and, therefore, repaired notably earlier when compared to traditional industry monitoring standards such as helicopter flights. SuperVision Earth enables efficient compliance with monitoring regulations and helps companies minimize the number and duration of methane leaks.

Helping Countries Monitor Methane

SuperVision Earth's satellite-based monitoring technology, coupled with its plans to further align its mission with the United Nations Environmental Programme Global Methane Alliance, significantly reduces costs and leak response times. Additionally, SuperVision Earth acts in accordance with the European Commission’s recently published EU methane strategy roadmap and is an active player in the joint, global challenge to reduce gas-related crises. Several data providers are included in SuperVision Earth's satellite-monitoring technology to deliver reliable and frequent monitoring capacity.

Currently, SuperVision Earth delivers and safeguards its pipeline monitoring solutions to energy providers in Germany and its neighboring countries. SuperVision Earth aims to solve this global challenge by contributing to and equipping gas companies with the appropriate policies and initiatives to provide cost-effective, reliable data.

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