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How Continuous Monitoring Identified the Right Problem and Avoided the Wrong Fix

When Qube's continuous monitoring system detected elevated emissions around a BTEX system, the combustor was the obvious suspect. By analysing emission patterns across different control valve configurations, the team used the monitoring data to work through a structured diagnosis. The right repair was made, emissions returned below baseline, and the operator avoided unnecessary capex on equipment the data had already cleared.

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Proven in the Field: Qube Technologies and NGIF ETC Advance Continuous Emissions Monitoring

Qube Technologies has worked with the NGIF Emissions Testing Centre to test and validate its continuous emissions monitoring hardware, data models, and platform at Tourmaline's West Wolf Lake Gas Plant in Alberta. NGIF has also supported Qube financially across multiple rounds. The latest work at the ETC focuses on Qube Lite and Qube Camera, which operate as standalone tools or integrate with Qube Fenceline to deliver equipment-level source detection, precise localization, and visual confirmation in a single platform.

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Why Not Both? The Best Emissions Monitoring Systems Don’t Choose Between Fenceline and Source-Level Detection

Fenceline and source-level emissions sensors are often treated as competing approaches, but the strongest monitoring programs use both. Fenceline Qubes excel at site-level detection and quantification, while source-mounted sensors like Qube Lite pinpoint exactly which piece of equipment is leaking. Deployed together, the two technologies compensate for each other's blind spots, delivering cost-effective, comprehensive detection, localization, and quantification.

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Qube Announces Strategic Funding to Scale Next-Generation Emissions Monitoring Technology

CALGARY, AB – Qube Technologies (“Qube”), the global leader in continuous emissions monitoring, is pleased to announce the successful closing of a new funding round led by existing investors TC Energy with participation from NGIF Capital and other strategic investors. This capital infusion follows a landmark 2025 for the company and is earmarked to accelerate the deployment of Qube’s expanded product portfolio across several industries.

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Qube’s Emissions Detection, Localization and Quantification Results from METEC ADED 2025

Independent testing at Colorado State University’s METEC Advancing Development of Emissions Detection (ADED) program shows that Qube’s continuous monitoring system reliably detects the leaks that drive most methane emissions at oil and gas sites. Compared with our 2024 campaign, Qube delivered stronger performance under more demanding test conditions.

In this article we walk through the results in four areas: localization, emission rate prediction, detection capability, and quantification. We also link to the final METEC report so you can review the full third-party results.

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Understanding Probability of Detection and Time-to-Detection: The Continuous Monitoring Advantage

For continuous monitoring, Probability of Detection (PoD) can be framed as a function of time. Detection confidence grows with each measurement window. Here we explain how controlled-release testing and time segmentation translate PoD into Time-to-Detection (TtD) and contrast that with single-pass survey methods. For operators, this provides a practical way to set expectations for how quickly a continuous system will find different-sized events and why that matters for response.

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Time-Bounding Large Release Events with Continuous Monitoring

Most LDAR methods capture only a snapshot, so they miss when an event starts, when it ends, and how long it lasts. Without that timeline, it can be challenging to quantify released volume, verify repairs, or determine whether the source is constant, intermittent, or tied to specific operations. Qube’s continuous monitoring provides 24/7 data that time-bounds emission events, enabling accurate volume estimates and confident repair verification.

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Fewer Site Visits, Faster Repairs: Results from Qube’s EPA-Approved Periodic Screening

In March 2025, EPA approved Qube continuous monitoring as an alternative technology for periodic inspections under NSPS OOOOb/c ( and applicable to OOOOa). Here we detail how it works. Pick a 7-day window and a 90% PoD threshold. The 7-day block average either passes or fails, and crews conduct site inspections only upon fails. The results are less routine visits, faster repairs, and reduced costs across sites.

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How Qube’s Continuous Monitoring Found Leaking Level Controllers After Well Restart

A Colorado well pad restarted after a non-routine shut-in. Within hours, Qube’s continuous monitoring flagged methane levels consistent with a large release event (estimated at >100 kg/h, about 125 mscf/d). The operator’s LDAR team located badly leaking level controllers and multiple thief hatches and completed repairs in under 24 hours. The operator then initiated a fleet-wide replacement of aging controllers to prevent recurrence.

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Qube Lite Field Tested for Real-World Operations at Tourmaline’s West Wolf Lake Gas Plant

Our Product and Ops Teams installed Qube Lite at Tourmaline Oil Corp's West Wolf Lake Gas Plant as part of the NGIF Accelerator's Emission Testing Centre Program.

Qube Lite is our new intrinsically safe, lower-cost continuous monitoring sensor, designed for near-source deployment. Perfect to zero-in on individual equipment (e.g., tanks, separators, wellheads, etc.).

Initial results were positive with easy installation and seamless activation, even in less than ideal weather.

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Qube Technologies Wins Industry Innovation Award from Western Energy Alliance

Qube Technologies is proud to receive the Industry Innovation Award from Western Energy Alliance.

The award recognizes Qube’s leadership in developing real-time methane monitoring technology for oil and gas operators. The Western Energy Alliance celebrates companies and individuals making a lasting impact on the industry across the western United States.

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Maas Energy Works Expands Partnership with Qube Technologies to Monitor Biogas Operations Across Multiple States

Qube Technologies, a leader in continuous emissions monitoring, today announced an expanded partnership with Maas Energy Works (MEW) to deploy Qube’s monitoring devices across more than 20 lagoon-style digesters in Texas, Idaho, and California. Following the success of an initial pilot, MEW will now implement Qube’s real-time monitoring solution across its broader network to enhance operational visibility, reduce emissions, and optimize biogas production at scale.

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Qube’s Continuous Monitoring Uncovers Blocked Vent Line: Emissions Drop 80% at Colorado Wellsite

At a Colorado wellsite, Qube’s continuous monitoring system alerted operators to a sustained emission event. Qube’s data localized the emissions to the tank area and prompted a field investigation to verify the source of the anomaly. With this information, the team was able to identify the emission source and interrogate the root cause, a blocked vent line leading to the combustor.

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