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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2022
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Gian-Marcio Gey, London, GB;
Andrew Emil Pomerantz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Automated systems and methods are provided for continuous monitoring of the flaring of waste gas at an industrial facility, which employ an RGB camera operably coupled to a gateway device by a data communication interface. The RGB camera is configured to capture time-series color image frames of a flare and communicate the time-series color image frames to the gateway device. The gateway device includes an image processing module and a flare optimization module executing on the gateway device. The image processing module is configured to process the time-series color image frames to determine at least one flare parameter that provides a qualitative measurement of the combustion efficiency of the flare over time. The flare optimization module is configured to adjust relative amount of waste gas to at least one assist gas for the flare based on the at least one flare parameter to continuously optimize the combustion efficiency of the flare.