By DRONELIFE staff writer Jim Magill Following a successful two-year pilot program, international oil and gas company Shell will employ a small fleet of drones to fly over more than 500 oil and gas sites in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, searching for leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In a recent statement, Shell said it had reached … [Read more...] about Methane Detection: Shell Expands Drone-Based Program in the Permian Basin