Marcellus & Utica · Appalachia
Well pad security for Appalachian gas country.
HoundLight goes on a pole at the pad entrance, access road or yard. It spots people and vehicles after hours, lights them up, plays a voice warning and sends the clip to your field team. No power or Wi-Fi needed.
What goes missing here
What theft looks like on Marcellus & Utica leases.
Most pads here produce gas, so theft is less about crude and more about copper, tools and equipment.
In Washington County, Pennsylvania, police told the Observer-Reporter that Marcellus companies were frequent theft victims, with copper welding leads and tools taken from pads and work trucks.
Observer-Reporter, January 2014In Greene County, a man was sentenced in 2016 for his part in stealing copper wire that caused more than $18,600 of damage at five natural gas well sites.
Law360, February 2016Pads sit in wooded valleys and on farm roads, often near homes, so trespass and vandalism are a risk as well as theft.
Where HoundLight goes
Solar 4G units for the sites power lines don't reach.
Pad entrances and access roads
Watch the way trucks and pickups actually come in, and catch the ones that shouldn't.
Compressor station fence lines
Outside the classified area: on the fence line, the gate or the access road.
Pipe and laydown yards
Keep eyes on stacked pipe, tools and materials across large open yards.
Produced water and condensate tanks
Outside the classified area: monitor tanks and connections that sit unattended.
Valve and meter sites on gathering lines
Watch remote valves and meters that sit alone along gathering lines.
Equipment and contractor yards
Cover parked equipment and contractor trucks between shifts.
Built for local conditions
Cell signal changes from one valley to the next, so we check 4G coverage at each pad before install. We size the solar panel and battery for cloudy Appalachian winters, and every unit reports its battery level in Scopis AI. Detection zones are set to your pad and access road, so the lights and warning trigger only when someone is inside them.
Every truck at the gate, on record
SmartReg logs every vehicle at the pad entrance with a photo and the time, so you know which contractor was on site and when. See SmartReg
How it works
From a shape in the dark to a record your insurer can read.
Detect
A person or vehicle shows up after hours.
Deter
Lights, siren and a voice warning — in English or Spanish.
Alert
The clip goes to everyone who needs it at once, from the pumper to the superintendent, by app, text or WhatsApp. Nobody has to pass it on. Anyone who gets the alert can cancel it or escalate it from the Scopis AI app, so a false alarm is closed in seconds and a real one gets help fast.
Record
Every event is logged in Scopis AI for your insurer or the sheriff.
Alerts go to your field team by app, text or WhatsApp. Human-verified monitoring is available in Texas today; for Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, ask us.
HoundLight is not rated for classified hazardous locations. We mount it outside classified zones: gates, fence lines, yards and lease roads.
Try it on your lease: 30-day pilot
We set up HoundLight at one or two of your gates or tank batteries, wherever you operate, for 30 days. You see every alert in the Scopis AI app as it happens. At the end you get a report of every person and vehicle detected after hours, so you can decide on real evidence.
Live in minutes, no power or Wi-Fi needed
English and Spanish voice warnings
Moves to your next lease when you are done
Marcellus & Utica questions
Yes. Each alert goes to several people at once by app, text or WhatsApp, and you can set a schedule: night crew at night, day crew by day, or different people for each lease. Anyone who receives it can cancel or escalate it in the Scopis AI app.
Protect your pads
Tell us how many gates and pads you need covered — we'll price the whole play.
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