THE CHALLENGE
Supporting the efforts of India’s Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) to achieve near zero methane emissions by 2030.
THE SOLUTION
In the spirit of the OGDC’s focus on sharing best practices, TotalEnergies has taken an active role in making its pioneering AUSEA technology available to national oil companies, enabling them to carry out methane detection and measurement drone campaigns on their own assets. TotalEnergies and ONGC signed a cooperation agreement in 2024 for drone campaigns on three ONGC-operated sites in 2025.
The drone-mounted AUSEA gas analyzer, developed by TotalEnergies and its research and development partners, consists of a dual sensor capable of detecting methane and carbon dioxide emissions and identifying their source. This technology marks a step change from traditional techniques and is regarded as one of the most accurate technologies in the industry.
