Honeywell introduces emissions monitoring solutions for Oil & Gas platforms and marine vessels 

By Staff Report August 6, 2024 12:33 pm

Honeywell has introduced its Hazardous Location (HazLoc) Emissions Management Suite, providing a comprehensive solution for offshore oil and gas assets to measure, monitor, report, and reduce emissions.

Honeywell announced its Emissions Management Suite is now Hazardous Location (HazLoc) and marine-certified, making it one of the industry’s first end-to-end solutions for offshore oil and gas assets to measure, monitor, report, and reduce emissions. Within its Emissions Management Suite, Honeywell has also added new solar capabilities to the Honeywell VersatilisTM Signal ScoutTM hardware, expanding the lifespan of the gas detector by more than eight years with few additional maintenance requirements.

By helping the energy industry reduce its environmental footprint, the Emissions Management Suite supports Honeywell’s alignment of its portfolio with three compelling megatrends, including energy transition and automation.

Emissions management and monitoring are crucial for shallow water offshore oil and gas platforms, which can leak methane at higher rates than land operations. The Gulf of Mexico’s methane loss rate can be 23-66 percent, compared to 3.3-3.7 percent in the Permian Basin. Unknown emissions can expose companies to regulatory hyperspectral satellite inspections, potentially leading to large fines if a super-emitter event is detected.

Honeywell’s optimised solution provides offshore oil and gas assets with near real-time visibility for platform operations, enabling quick event response and the ability to balance emissions performance with production. At an enterprise level, this can allow flexibility to drive production from low-emission platforms while ramping back high-emission assets until repairs are completed, maintaining production while controlling emissions.

Pramesh Maheshwari, President of Honeywell Process Solutions, said, “By continuing to innovate, Honeywell is now able to provide an end-to-end solution that enables marine vessels and offshore platforms to accurately measure and report fugitive emissions when they happen. With the help of our Honeywell Forge Sustainability+ for Industrials software, we are moving the industry forward by helping companies reach net-zero operations, both on land and offshore.”

Honeywell’s Emissions Management Suite is an effective solution for companies to measure fugitive emissions levels and take action to reduce them. The solution is available now for several verticals, including upstream and downstream oil and gas, refining, chemicals, utilities, and more.

For more information, visit process.honeywell.com/us/en/initiative/emissions-management-solution.