Collaboratory to Advance Methane Science (CAMS)

The Collaboratory to Advance Methane Science (CAMS) was an industry-led research collaboration administered by GTI Energy from 2018 to 2026 to advance scientific understanding of methane emissions across the natural gas value chain.

CAMS brought together energy companies, academic institutions, researchers, and technical experts to address critical gaps in methane science through independent, data-driven research. By pooling resources and expertise, the collaborative supported studies focused on detecting, measuring, quantifying, and characterizing methane emissions and identifying opportunities for effective emissions reduction.

Over the course of the program, CAMS advanced research and developed tools and datasets addressing key methane challenges, including:

• Methane emissions estimation and reconciliation, improving understanding of differences among measurement and estimation approaches.
• Detection and measurement technologies, including evaluation of continuous monitoring sensors and satellite-based methane detection.
• Source identification and quantification, providing greater insight into where emissions occur and helping inform mitigation priorities.
• Open-source tools and advanced analytics, including emissions modeling and artificial intelligence-based approaches for locating and quantifying methane emissions.
• Real-world emissions measurement, including first-of-its-kind direct measurement of methane and CO₂ emissions from an operating LNG carrier.

CAMS research engaged leading institutions and technical organizations and was subject to independent scientific review, with findings shared publicly through peer-reviewed publications, reports, datasets, and open-source tools. Together, this body of work helped strengthen the scientific foundation for understanding methane emissions and provided actionable data and methods that can continue to inform research, technology development, and emissions mitigation.