Patent ID: 7493237

Claim:
A method for the combined monitoring and reporting of actual and potential emissions of multiple phases of matter from a production facility having at least one operating units which utilizes and/or generates such multiple phases of matter comprising the steps of: identifying at least one potential source of an emission event of gaseous matter, liquid matter or a combination of gaseous and liquid matter generated within the operating unit and desired to be monitored and reported; at the potential source, providing means for detecting the emission event occurring at said source and generating an emission event signal which is representative of a detected emission event; generating an operation signal representative of an operational phase of the operating unit which is associated with the potential source; comparing the emission event signal and the operation signal to determine the status of the operation of the operating unit at the time of said emission event; and reporting as an actual emission event only those emission events which positively correlate with an associated ongoing production phase of the operating unit at the time of the reported emission event.