Ethane is the second largest component of natural gas and can be isolated on an industrial scale. The chief use of ethane is to produce ethylene which is needed in manufacturing plastic, automotive antifreeze, detergent and so on.

The ethane accompanying a methane source can serve as a specific fingerprint. Quantifying the ethane to methane (C2:C1) ratios provides us with means to understand processes yielding methane, and a unique tool to measure and determine the source of methane emissions - including landfills, fracking sites, and abandoned oil and gas wells.

Picarro offers the high-precision ppb measurements of ethane which enables the real-time methane emission source attribution in the world’s most challenging, remote environments.