25/06/2026 by Joel Thompson
TotalEnergies has taken the opportunity of the 10th VivaTech tech and startup event to demonstrate its MethaneLive monitoring technology.
MethaneLive is a new monitoring centre for detecting methane emissions. Using advanced algorithms to process real time data, the centre can quantify and analyse methane emissions, so options can be considered for reducing them. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and leaked methane is wasted fuel that could be used for energy needs.
Last year, TotalEnergies, the maker of Total coolant and metalworking products, deployed 13,000 permanent sensors to monitor methane emissions in real time. It is currently the only oil and gas company to do this across its entire portfolio of operated upstream sites. The massive amount of data produced is analysed in real time by the team at MethaneLive with the help of advanced digital technology. Operators are then notified about the cause of any leaks and provided suggestions for the most suitable corrective action.
TotalEnergies’s OneTech president, Namita Shah, said operational sustainability, safety, reliability and efficiency were strongly supported by real time data, adding:
“The value of digital technologies and AI is built over time, at the intersection of technology and people. Thanks to the quality of our data and the expertise of TotalEnergies’ teams, we are making digital a key driver in the fight against methane emissions.”
The system came online earlier this year. Since then, it has identified 35 fugitive emissions of methane that might have otherwise gone undetected, helping it to reach TotalEnergies’ goal of almost zero methane intensity at upstream assets by 2030.
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