The Utah Office of Energy Development (OED) has announced grants totaling $90,000 to Caerus Uinta LLC and XCL Resources LLC under the Uinta Basin Aerial Leak and Repair Detection (UB ALaRD) program.

UB ALaRD is a grant program established by OED with funds from the federal State Energy Program and a grant from Utah Clean Air. The program will use aerial flyover technology with cutting-edge sensors to identify methane leaks in oil and gas pipelines and infrastructure. Using aerial technology allows surveyors to identify a greater number of leaks than other methods because it covers more miles of pipeline and Please log in to see the rest of this story.