BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Unmanned Detection and Quantification of Emissions from Industrial
  Facilities - Iain Cooper - Iain Cooper\, SeekOps Inc.
DTSTART:20220527T140000Z
DTEND:20220527T150000Z
UID:TALK174629@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Samantha Selvini
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nA key focus for energy companies as they embark 
 on their energy transition journey has been to assess their current emissi
 ons status\, and develop methods by which they can cost-effectively reduce
  their emissions trends over time. Spun out of Caltech/JPL in 2017\, SeekO
 ps have taken a unique approach to the deployment of a self-contained and 
 highly sensitive tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer\, using unman
 ned aerial systems (UAS) to capture the full three dimensionality of the e
 missions from industrial facilities. The presentation will describe the te
 chnology\, its capabilities and limitations\, and the unique methods by wh
 ich individual emissions can be both localized and quantified\, onshore an
 d offshore using both quadrotor and fixed-wing beyond visual line of sight
  UASs.\n \nIn addition to describing progress within oil and gas operation
 s\, the presentation will also highlight the business drivers and specific
  idiosyncrasies of surveying industrial facilities in the biogas/renewable
  natural gas markets\, and how the technology can also be used to monitor 
 temporal emissions from the continually evolving topology of landfill site
 s. Progress in each market will be highlighted with videos from field oper
 ations.\n \nFinally\, as the company has started its expansion out of Nort
 h America into Western Europe and the Middle East\, the presentation will 
 highlight how the company evolved from its two founders at JPL\, the role 
 early customers played\, and why an all-strategic corporate venture-backed
  investment round was selected as the most appropriate mechanism to achiev
 e rapid growth in this dynamic market\, where there are significant pressu
 re for companies to raise the visibility of their Environmental\, Social a
 nd Governance (ESG) scores.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\n*Iain Cooper* is the
  CEO at SeekOps Inc\, based in Austin\, TC\, USA\, which proves the energy
  industry with reliable\, accurate and timely emissions detection\, quanti
 fication and reporting. He was previously with Schlumberger for 28 years\,
  lastly managing their Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) activity\, which he
  helped found in 2008\, investing in more than 20 companies\, three of whi
 ch are currently valued at over $1Bn.\nPrior to his role managing Schlumbe
 rger's CVC group he was Global Product Development Manager for their Well 
 Services division\, and also previously Research Director for Drilling. Ia
 in co-authored and edited the Textbook on 'Advanced Drilling & Well Techno
 logy' for the Society of Petroleum Engineers\, and has 26 granted US paten
 ts in a range of oilfield technologies.\n\nHe is on the advisory board at 
 Nauticus Robotics Inc\, an Ocean robotics company\, and on the Board of Di
 rectors of Jacobi Motors Inc\, an electric vehicle motor start-up. Iain is
  a Chartered Scientist\, and Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He holds 
 a PhD in Meteorology\, as well as a degree in Mathematics and Physics. \n\
 n*Register for the free talk here*: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI
 pQLSfxVLV0YHN8w6K333xam1Tb_ZQyFkSHUNVr1nxWwE6Gg-0gMQ/viewform?usp=sf_link\
 n\n_Zoom details_\n\nZoom link: https://bit.ly/3OYswjg\nMeeting ID: 815 28
 86 8878\nPasscode: 818779\nFind your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us
 /u/kb0WU1V4mi
LOCATION:Zoom
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR