{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energy 101: We Ask The Dumb Questions So You Don't Have To","title":"The NASA Technology Now Tracking Oilfield Methane","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/401cfb14\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3200,"description":"Methane is invisible, odorless, and far more potent than CO2 in the short term, so how do you actually catch it leaking? Brendan Smith, CEO of SeekOps Inc., explains how technology built for the Mars Curiosity rover ended up flying on drones over oil and gas sites here on Earth. We get into spectrometers versus satellites, why offshore detection is so tricky, what EU methane rules mean for US operators in 2027, and how SeekOps turns an invisible gas into something you can finally see.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n00:00   Setup and the Power Hour combo\n02:24   Crossing paths back in 2019\n04:14   From PhD dropout to CEO\n05:24   JPL, the first patent, and Mars rover tech\n12:34   How a drone measures a methane plume\n13:49   Ground, drones, planes, and satellites\n19:00   Spinning out of JPL and the Equinor bet\n24:55   What methane is and why it matters\n29:01   Net zero and EU methane regulation\n32:00   LNG, coal, and offshore detection\n42:10   Lidar, photogrammetry, and 3D models\n45:36   What's overhyped and the road ahead\n49:24   Why Austin, and the Houston debate\n53:16   Wrap up\nhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8F_7R-SE-nw_rUP_p1-vdDVWboJt_kcEhdbgrgTEL7E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYjY2/Yjk4MWJiZWFlYmVl/ZGIxYjkxYTdiYTdi/ZGUwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}