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Our History
“LaSen was founded in 1989 to commercialize technology developed for the Department of Defense, tested at White Sands Missile Range, to detect biological and chemical pathogens. The advancement into methane detection was a logical progression for LaSen, and in 2004, after being awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR), LaSen developed the Airborne LiDAR Inspection System (ALPIS). ALPIS has inspected more than 500,000 miles of pipeline right-of-way, detecting more than 40,000 leaks, and saving more than 44.6 billion cubic feet of methane from escaping into the atmosphere.”
Since our commercial debut, LaSen has generated savings for our customers in the tens of millions of dollars.
DOT/PH MSA funded LaSen to develop and ultimately offer the best solution for leak detection and video surveying of storage fields, gathering and transmission gas and liquid pipeline systems. This service is performed with unmatched accuracy, speed, report turnaround time (within hours), all for a reasonable price. By consistently meeting these objectives, we have earned many major pipeline company’s repeat business throughout the USA’s lower 48 and in Canada. With our helicopters in different parts of the US, we can quickly work your pipeline survey needs and compliance dates into our existing flight (inspection) schedule. Thus our shared mobilization plan greatly reduces the cost.
Continued improvements and upgrades along with ongoing research and development to allow the system to detect a variety of hydrocarbons and VOCs simultaneously, operate faster, higher and with greater sensitivity, ensures that LaSen remains the leader in aerial leak detection systems.