The SPL1000 delivers a system that rapidly detects and records changes in pipeline pressures to identify and locate leak(s).
About SPL Leak Detection
SPL Leak Detection was formed with the mission of finding a more accurate and affordable solution to monitor, prevent, and locate leaks for the pipeline industry using fluid dynamics, deep learning and cloud computing technology.
A group of seasoned pipeline industry professionals teamed up with experts in internet technology and flow science to develop, over a period of several years, the underpinnings of the technology used by the patent pending SPL100 system. The key of the system is the use of technology that has become affordable over the last couple of years, coupled with the state of the art science and predictive analysis. With the combination of these two elements, SPL Leak Detection hopes to be a disruptive force in the industry.
The first two commercial applications SPL Leak Detection has chosen to use their technology are the real time pipeline monitoring and hydrostatic leak detection testing.
Meet Our Team
Jack Spruth
Chief Operating Officer
Jack first job as a process control engineer kicked-off his career in the oil and
gas industry. He now has over 35 years of experience in the industry.
Areas of expertise range from finance down the nuts and bolts of monitoring
of pipeline corrosion. He holds a bachelor’s in chemistry from the University
of Colorado and master’s degree in physical chemistry and an MBA both from
the University of Chicago.
Junxiao Zhu, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Dr. Zhu is knowledgeable of fiber optic, piezoelectric and acoustic sensors and has written a number of articles on pipeline leak detection and location using negative pressure waves. He spent several years working for Dr. Gangbing Song at the University of Houston doing signal processing and detection/location algorithms. Dr. Zhu holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston.
Ronnie Little
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
We are very sad to announce the passing of our partner and friend Ronnie on March 17, 2019. For more information please follow this link.
Ronnie, with over 40 years of sales and marketing experience in the oil and gas pipeline industry, has knowledge of the industry and applies his expertise in both startup and well established companies. Ronnie has served on the Board of Directors for the San Antonio Pipeliners Association (SAPA) and is also past Chairman for the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Houston Section.