Course Description
The EU Methane Regulation shifts the burden from estimates to measurement — and measurement of methane is genuinely difficult. Emissions are intermittent, spatially dispersed, driven by a small number of super-emitters, and measured by technologies whose detection limits, uncertainties and applicability differ by orders of magnitude.
This course builds measurement competence. Participants learn methane behaviour and dispersion, ground-based and handheld methods, mobile and vehicle-based survey, aerial measurement including drones and aircraft, satellite detection and its resolution limits, continuous monitoring networks, quantification methodologies and uncertainty, campaign design, and how to select the right technology for a given site and regulatory purpose.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain methane behaviour, dispersion and measurement challenges
- Apply ground-based and handheld measurement methods
- Design and interpret mobile and vehicle-based surveys
- Understand aerial measurement: drones and aircraft
- Explain satellite detection and its resolution limits
- Deploy continuous monitoring networks
- Apply quantification methodologies and assess uncertainty
- Select appropriate technology for site and regulatory purpose
How the course is delivered
The course combines measurement science with technology comparison and campaign design exercises. Participants work through detection limits, uncertainty and technology selection for realistic site configurations.
The programme is technology-agnostic and focuses on matching method to purpose — regulatory reporting, LDAR, reconciliation or super-emitter response each demand different approaches.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Measurement, metering and instrumentation engineers
- Emissions and environmental specialists
- Technical staff designing measurement campaigns
- Service providers delivering measurement
- Anyone specifying methane measurement
Daily programme
- Methane behaviour and dispersion
- Why measurement is difficult
- Detection versus quantification
- Measurement hierarchy and purpose
- Handheld and ground-based instruments
- Optical gas imaging in practice
- Mobile and vehicle-based survey
- Interpreting mobile survey data
- Drone-based measurement
- Aircraft campaigns
- Satellite detection and resolution limits
- Alert and response systems
- Continuous monitoring networks
- Quantification methodologies
- Uncertainty and data quality
- Campaign design workshop
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
