Beacon Energy Services was formed in 2008, with the original purpose of serving as a regulatory compliance inspection company with 12 technicians. Inspection duties include Method 21 and above-ground storage tank inspections. At the time, Beacon’s President was a Geologist and we did a lot of consulting work. Through the years Beacon has added quite a bit to its tank services, including repair, demolition, modifications, and new tank construction. Beacon staffing ranges from 50 to 80 employees, depending on the workload. Beacon’s primarily serves the petroleum industry, including refineries and transmission pipelines.

Having been in the industry since 1987, I saw the birth of Method 21 Inspections as we now know them, and I went from using analog OVA (Organic Vapor Analyzers) to the current, most advanced TVA(Toxic Vapor Analyzer). I heard about OGI in the early 2000 and began to work with infrared equipment throughout the next 2 decades. I always received good service from the manufacturers, but customers always asked if the camera could measure the leaks we found. By chance I stumbled across an article about Konica Minolta’s OGI camera’s quantification ability. I was intrigued and contacted Konica Minolta immediately. The service I have received since that first meeting was amazing and I was extremely impressed with the multiple image modes and most of all the quantification ability. I now own 5 Konica Minolta cameras and have never looked back. I look forward to working with Konica Minolta to continue to explore the new technology, and someday maybe even see dangerous gases like H2S, which could save lives.

We currently operate our cameras ,at many oil and gas facilities in the USA, providing regulatory compliance inspections. Currently, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SC-AQMD) rules are requiring OGI inspections and are reviewing many more to include as well. EPA OOOOb and OOOOc are also regulations that are requiring the use of OGI. With the implementation of this new rule, I see OGI becoming the primary way to detect leaks and possibly even replace Method 21 someday.