Agnify watches the cameras on your flares, pads, rigs, racks and plants, and turns them into flame-out and smoke events, danger-zone alerts and audit-ready logs your team can act on the same shift.
Billion cubic meters of gas flared worldwide in 2025, the third straight annual rise; about $54B of gas burned1
World Bank GGFR, 2026Smoke allowed in any 2 hours, in both the US refinery flare rule and the EU Methane Regulation5 3
40 CFR 63.670; Reg. (EU) 2024/1787EU inspection interval for regularly used flares, unless the authority approves remote or automated monitoring instead3
Reg. (EU) 2024/1787, Art. 17(3)Settlement with a US oil producer over tank and flare controls; flare monitoring was part of the fix2
US DOJ and EPA, 2024The rules ask if the flame is lit, if it's smoking and for how long. Agnify turns your flare camera into that record.
40 CFR 63.670(h)(2)
A video camera with a time-and-date-stamped frame at least every 15 seconds and a live feed to the control room or another continuously manned location can replace the daily 5-minute Method 22 smoke observation. The HON, ethylene and MON rules adopt the option, with their own dates.5
Limit: no smoke for more than 5 minutes in any 2 hours
40 CFR 60.5417b(h) and 60.5417c(h)
On flares and combustors under OOOOb and OOOOc, video can replace the monthly Method 22 check: 720p or better at 15 fps, a live feed to a continuously manned location, a stamped frame at least every 15 seconds, a daily operator check and camera placement rules.5
Limit: no smoke for more than 1 minute in any 15
Reg. (EU) 2024/1787, Art. 17
For flares in scope with auto-igniters or continuous pilots, flame supervision must "constantly monitor" the main or pilot flame. Regularly used flares are inspected every 15 days, or by remote or automated monitoring the authority approves. Irregularities are remedied within 6 hours. Flare requirements apply since 5 February 2026.3
Limit: smoke over 5 minutes in 2 hours, recorded live
Boxes and events are an illustration with example data, not model output.
Proposed workflow: each event keeps a frame every 15 seconds and the clip, so the log and the evidence match. Flare-specific detection and the smoke timer are validated in a pilot on your footage. Pilot monitors stay in place; Agnify adds the visual record.
Start with the flare, then use the cameras you already pay for on the rest of the site.
Flame out, smoke minutes and flaring hours, each with its clip, against the limit in your permit.
Open thief hatches, overfills and pooling at racks and dikes. Add your gas-imaging camera where the survey schedule pays for it.
Red zones on the drill floor, under suspended loads and around pressure tests, and trucks near people. US oil and gas extraction and support activities recorded 65 fatal work injuries in 2024.4
Fire watch present, confined-space attendant at the manway, unloading attended, PPE worn.
Intrusion, theft and after-hours vehicles at pads and stations, and excavators near the right-of-way.
Rack queues, haul-truck dwell on the pad, gate logs, crane and equipment running time, turnaround headcount.
From the fabrication shop to the loading rack, here is what Agnify watches for at each stage.
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Generated illustrationThe three that matter most in each group first. Each is a rule on a camera view; a feasibility study shows which work on yours.
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Generated illustrationThe US and EU rules that create a monitoring or record-keeping duty a camera can help with, and what Agnify records.
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A summary for orientation, not legal advice. Status as of September 2026; several US rules are under EPA reconsideration. "What Agnify records" describes proposed workflows validated in a pilot.
Flares, combustors, thief hatches and trucks run on the cameras most sites already have. Where the rules call for leak surveys every few months, Agnify adds analytics to a gas-imaging camera.
A continuous camera counts toward survey duties only where the regulator approves it.
No rip and replace. Agnify connects to the feeds you already record, on any camera brand.
Your IP cameras over RTSP, read on site. The recorder uploads over outbound HTTPS and buffers footage locally if the link drops; we confirm the site allowlist before installation.
Detection for fire, smoke, people and vehicles, plus plain-English rules for your site: zones, limits and durations. Flare-specific models are validated on your footage.
Alerts with the annotated frame go to the people who own the flare or the crew. Events are available through the API, with dashboards and reports for any shift, day or week.
Nothing to host. Results arrive within minutes, which suits flare records, daily reviews and reports.8
For pads and stations with thin links, on-site processing that sends only events and short clips is scoped per site.
Agnify is software. Cameras in classified areas use Ex or Class I Div 1/2 housings, or sit outside the zone looking in.
A free feasibility study on your own flare, pad or rack cameras, with an agreed end date and no commitment.
Usually not. Most flares, pads and racks already have a fixed or PTZ camera. Where night visibility matters we suggest a thermal camera, and gas imaging only where the survey schedule pays for it. The feasibility study checks angles and resolution on the views you care about.
In specific rules, yes: 40 CFR 63.670(h)(2) for refinery and chemical flares and 40 CFR 60.5417b(h) and 60.5417c(h) for OOOOb and OOOOc flares in the US, and Article 17(3) of the EU Methane Regulation with the competent authority's approval. Each sets conditions, such as a live feed to a continuously manned location, stamped frames every 15 seconds, camera placement and a daily operator check. We design the workflow around the rule that applies and validate it with you.
No. Thermocouples, certified fire and gas detection, and people on watch stay in place. Agnify adds the visual record and alerts you when something is missing.
Yes. The recorder buffers footage locally when the link drops, and for thin links we scope on-site processing that sends only events and short clips over cellular or satellite.
The workflow uses no facial identification or emotion inference, and reports by zone and shift rather than by named person. Whole-person blur can be enabled for video outputs, retention is set to the shortest period the purpose justifies, and EU-region deployment is scoped on request. We prepare privacy impact assessment and works council materials with you during scoping.
Typically within minutes of the event. That suits flare records, permits and security. Agnify is not a safety interlock or an emergency shutdown.
We measure it on your footage. The feasibility study and the pilot report results against events your team checks by hand, before anything scales.
Tell us about your site and what you want to find. We'll reply within one business day with next steps for a feasibility study.
A summary for orientation, not legal advice. Images are generated illustrations; boxes, events and timelines are example data. Footage on this page is synthetic, rendered by Agnify.