Emissions Services

Our team of seasoned industry experts excels in providing cost-effective emissions services. We leverage innovative technologies and multidisciplinary expertise to accurately detect, measure, and report methane emissions, ensuring you meet regulatory requirements while minimizing costs and operational disruptions.

At Vision Integrity, we understand the critical importance of managing oil & gas and industrial emissions. Our team of specialists is dedicated to helping you understand your emissions profile and how to address associated risks. We offer tailored emissions inspection services to accurately detect and measure methane and other components. We also provide our clients with high value monitoring, sampling and consulting services. With a focus on innovation and cost-effective solutions, we customize our services to meet your specific needs, integrating them seamlessly into your overall emissions and integrity management program. Trust Vision Integrity to keep your operations both compliant and efficient.

What We Do

At Vision Integrity, our focus on emissions detection, measurement, monitoring, sampling and consulting helps our clients better understand their emissions profiles, achieve and maintain regulatory compliance and ensure operational excellence. Our team of specialists and trusted industry partners with vast experience at well sites, facilities, distribution networks and beyond will work closely with you to detect, measure, and report methane leaks using advanced technology, innovative processes. We develop tailored fugitive emissions programs, including detection protocols, reporting procedures, and compliance strategies. Once your program is in place, we can provide training and support to ensure smooth implementation to meet and exceed ongoing compliance and operations targets.

If you already have an emissions program, we can review and optimize it to enhance its effectiveness. We also offer regulatory liaison services and advice, ensuring your operations meet all necessary requirements. Our comprehensive services cover every stage of emissions management, from initial detection to final reporting, helping you maintain compliance and minimize environmental impact throughout your operations.

Understanding Fugitive Emissions

Emissions can be divided into two key categories. Fugitive emissions and known or planned emissions. Either can be challenging to detect and measure due to gasses often being colorless and odorless in nature, requiring experienced practitioners to employ precise methodologies and accurate measurement technologies. Effective outcomes of emissions management programs enable companies to effectively understand their emission profile and work with regulators to monitor and reduce environmental impact.

  • What Are Fugitive Emissions?
    Fugitive emissions refer to unintentional leaks of gases, such as methane, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and others, from industrial infrastructure. They are often difficult to detect, measure and control or correct.

  • What are Known/Planned Emissions?
    Known or planned emissions are deliberate releases occurring during normal operations through designated release points such as stacks, vents or flares, allowing them to be more easily managed and quantified through engineered controls and monitoring systems.

  • Detection and Quantification
    Innovative and precise methods and instrumentation are required to accurately detect and measure emissions. Often, fit-for-purpose solutions are employed depending on the composition of the emission, the infrastructure where the emission is resulting from and the goal of the detection/measurement activity or the regulatory target to be met.

  • Regulatory Reporting
    Many jurisdictions mandate that companies identify and report emissions to understand and reduce the release of gases into the atmosphere. Vision works with our clients to achieve and maintain good standing with regulatory obligations.

In the oil and gas industry, methane leaks, also known as fugitive emissions, are a common occurrence during the extraction, processing, and transportation of hydrocarbons. Unlike carbon dioxide, methane is both colorless and odorless, making it difficult to detect without specialized equipment. These emissions, if left unchecked, contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, with methane having a global warming potential more than 80 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. The Canadian Government, through Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), requires operators to find and report these leaks, as well as intentional releases from sources like vents and compressor seals. This data is crucial for understanding the amount of methane released into the atmosphere for the purpose of developing methane reduction strategies.

Cost-Effective Solutions

Vision Integrity provides cost-effective emissions services, utilizing our multidisciplinary teams to handle various tasks in a single site visit. This approach reduces total costs and ensures that all regulatory requirements and integrity needs are met efficiently.


  • Affordable Services
    Vision Integrity offers emissions services at competitive rates, making compliance more accessible for our clients.


  • Efficiency Through Multidisciplinary Teams
    Our multidisciplinary personnel, capable of performing Environmental, NDE, Right-of-Way (RoW) inspections, and Cathodic Protection Surveys, can perform multiple services in a single visit, reducing overall costs and minimizing disruption to operations.

  • Comprehensive Service Provider
    Vision Integrity is committed to being your all-in-one partner for emissions, environmental and asset integrity needs, streamlining the process and saving you time and money.

At Vision Integrity, we understand the importance of keeping costs low while ensuring regulatory compliance. Our fugitive emissions inspection services are offered at competitive rates, making it easier for companies to meet their environmental obligations without breaking the bank. By utilizing multidisciplinary teams capable of performing tasks like NDE, RoW inspections, and Cathodic Protection Surveys, we can conduct multiple inspections during a single site visit, significantly reducing travel time and associated costs. This practical approach allows us to provide comprehensive services, from emissions detection to integrity inspections, all in one streamlined process. As your trusted partner, Vision Integrity is dedicated to helping you meet your environmental goals efficiently and affordably.

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance through emission reporting is a crucial aspect of industrial operations. Vision Integrity ensures that your fugitive and planned emissions are accurately detected, quantified, and reported, helping you meet regulatory requirements.

  • Mandated by the Canadian Government
    Companies are required to identify and report methane emissions as part of Canada’s regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry.

  • Understanding Impact of Emissions
    Methane is a potent gas that can affect operational safety and efficiency, making its detection and reduction crucial for maintaining system integrity. Methane and other gasses also have significant operational, safety and economic impacts.

  • Comprehensive Reporting
    Vision Integrity ensures that your emissions data is accurately captured and reported, helping you stay compliant with regulatory requirements and ensuring operational excellence.

The Canadian Government, through Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), has prioritized reducing methane emissions due to their significant impact. Companies in the oil and gas industry are required to identify and report both unintentional fugitive emissions and intentional releases from sources like vents and compressor seals. Vision Integrity is here to help you navigate these regulatory requirements, ensuring that your emissions data is accurately captured and reported. Our expertise in fugitive emissions inspections ensures that you can confidently meet your compliance obligations.

Why Choose Vision Integrity?

Vision Integrity stands out for its practical, cost-effective approach to emissions services. Our local, multidisciplinary teams and key operating and technical partners ensure efficient, class-leading service delivery, and our commitment to innovation means we continuously seek ways to reduce costs while meeting regulatory standards.

  • Practical and Cost-Effective
    Vision Integrity’s approach to emissions is both practical and cost-effective, ensuring that you receive the best value for your investment.

  • Innovation and Continuous Improvement
    Our emissions team is dedicated to continually find new ways to detect, measure and monitor emissions, resulting in more effective and lower cost processes to achieve our clients’ goals..

  • Local Expertise
    Our multidisciplinary teams are trained and experienced to provide comprehensive services with minimal travel time, reducing costs and improving efficiency.

Choosing Vision Integrity for your fugitive emissions inspections means partnering with a company that values practicality and cost-effectiveness. We understand that regulatory compliance can be costly, which is why we focus on delivering high-quality services in a more cost-effective manner than many of our competitors. Our multidisciplinary teams are trained to perform multiple inspections during a single visit, reducing travel time and associated expenses. Additionally, our engineering team is always looking for innovative solutions to further lower the costs of compliance while ensuring that all regulatory requirements are met. With Vision Integrity, you can trust that your environmental and integrity needs are in capable hands.

Regulatory References

The regulatory references for fugitive emissions in Canada include key guidelines and directives that ensure compliance and environmental responsibility. In Alberta, AER Directive 060 and AER Manual 015 outline the standards for managing and reporting methane emissions. In British Columbia, the Drilling and Production Regulations (DPR) and the Fugitive Emissions Management Guideline (FEMG) provide similar frameworks. These regulations are crucial for maintaining compliance and reducing the environmental impact of oil and gas operations. Our Emissions team is also well versed in AER Directives 013, 020, 079 and 087, as content contributors, trusted partners and long-standing service providers to stakeholders. We also have a deep understanding of the regulatory landscapes in other national and international jurisdictions, allowing us to use our experience to address your specific regulatory, technical or operational concerns, regardless of the location. At Vision Integrity, we help you navigate these regulations, ensuring your operational needs are met.

Carbon Credits

Carbon credit markets, both compliance-based and voluntary, have become increasingly significant financial mechanisms in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Canadian carbon market, anchored by federal and provincial carbon pricing systems, has seen substantial growth, with the federal carbon price reaching $65 per tonne in 2023 and scheduled to increase to $170 per tonne by 2030. Internationally, the voluntary carbon market exceeded $2 billion in value in 2021, while compliance markets like the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) have grown even larger, with a trading volume worth over $820 billion in 2023.

Understanding these markets is crucial for businesses, investors, and policymakers as they navigate emission reduction requirements, identify cost-effective compliance strategies, and capitalize on opportunities in carbon trading and offset projects. The markets’ complexity, involving various standards, verification processes, and trading mechanisms, makes it essential to grasp their fundamentals for effective participation and risk management, particularly as global climate policies continue to evolve and market linkages expand. Vision’s experienced team and trusted partners empower our clients to maximize their carbon credit potential.

If you would like more information on our services, or to learn more about how we can help you, please contact us at 1-800-442-8721