Fiber Optic Leak Detection and Pipeline Monitoring with DAS

Thursday, June 4, 2026

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Location: CC - L100C

Speaker(s)

Dane Langen, PSP

Board Member & Vice Chair - Technology Outreach Committee
Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA)
HOUSTON, Texas, United States

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Jay Savage

Fiber Optics Product Manager
Pillar Innovations
GRANTSVILLE, Maryland, United States

Moderator(s)

Cordell Briggs, II (he/him/his)

Vice President, Cybersecurity and Advocacy
Utilities Technology Council
Arlington, Virginia, United States

Pillar Innovations has been at the forefront of engineering proven and novel approaches for pipeline monitoring. First with strain gauges and traditional metered technologies, then in 2021-2022, Pillar implemented a Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing solution to meet local and state regulatory agencies requirements for certain state properties, gamelands and preserves. Since then, Pillar has installed, commissioned and supported approximately 27 miles of waters lines. This is still growing as more assets are being installed. The customer has since executed a policy that all new lines utilize Distributed Acoustic Sensing for leak detection.

We will use this time to discuss projects, challenges and successes that have made such a beneficial impact for this "game changing" solution with the end users