Global Leak Detection Solutions Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Leak Detection Solutions Market Analysis

The Leak Detection Solutions Market is expected to witness a CAGR of 4.4% over the forecast period (2022- 2027). The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted market growth in 2020. A pandemic resulted in a slowdown in supply chains and manufacturing processes worldwide. These restrictions resulted in the slow recovery of oil demand due to affected air travel and jet fuel demand worldwide, hindering the market growth.

The market's growth can be attributable to an increase in demand for leak detection solutions among utility companies worldwide, owing to its advantages, including increased safety, cost savings, and environmental protection. Leak detection solutions also assist oil and gas industries make the workplaces safer by reducing the hazards of explosions and fire breakouts. Market growth is also predicted to be fueled by increased advances in natural gas and oil infrastructure worldwide.

For Instance, In March 2022, South West Water partnered with ASTERRA Satellite-based leak detection company to provide satellite data analysis to locate subterranean water breaches and cut leakage levels across its network. The method is similar to that used to search for water on other planets, such as Mars, and works by taking images of the globe with microwave sensors onboard a satellite in space, and microwaves can penetrate up to 2 meters deep. The data will reveal possible leaks that are not visible above ground.

For early leak detection, the technology has increased by using artificial intelligence, and proprietary hyperspectral gas analytics provide facility operators with an easy-to-understand, color depiction of the gas plume type, position, direction, size, and concentration of oil or gas. It enables a quicker and more effective reaction before leaks become more serious emissions or safety concerns.

Though the demand for leak detection systems in the oil and gas sector has grown in recent years, retrofitting issues in some leak detection systems, such as distributed temperature sensing (DTS) and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems based on fiber optic, are limiting the market's growth. Fiber-optic leak detection devices are difficult and expensive to adapt to existing pipelines. Longer pipelines (more than 50km) need many interrogator units, which raises sensor and interrogator system installation costs.

COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for accelerating the shift towards automation and remote inspection processes. A changing price dynamics have affected the global oil and gas industry significantly. It has affected key oil & gas players' financial positions and obstructed upcoming projects. For example, in April 2020, the Energy Ministry of Argentina suspended auctioning projects to develop the Vaca Muerta-Buenos Aires natural gas pipeline due to the country's aggrevating economic scenario resulting from the pandemic.

Leak Detection Solutions Industry Segmentation

A leak detection system monitors the flow of oil & gas, chemical, and water through a pipeline and the leakage of other elements. The system cuts off the flow or alerts about the leak when an unusual situation is detected. Leak detection systems are usually installed in the oil & gas, chemical, water treatment, power generation, and other industries. Specific leak detection techniques were created to provide the location of the leak.

The study covers leak detection solutions technology that includes acoustic/ ultrasonic, pressure analysis, thermal imaging, fiber optic, laser absorption, LiDAR, vapor sensing, and E-RTTM, and identifies the leaks across major end-users such as oil & gas, chemical, water treatment, power generation. The study also covers demand across various regions and considers the impact of COVID-19 on the market.