Bozeman’s Bridger Photonics named 2023 Exporter of the Year [Video]

BOZEMAN — Bridger Photonics has become an industry leader in oil and gas methane monitoring—and they got their start right here in Bozeman, Montana.

“We’ve created a laser sensor that we attach to aircraft,” explains CEO and President Pete Roos.

Photonics is the science and technology of light and how it can be generated, detected, or manipulated.

“And the laser points down at the ground—it’s eye safe so we don’t have to worry about it—but it scans out the ground and maps out methane emissions in the oil and gas industry,” Roos says.

He explains that they use a form of laser technology called LiDAR. The sensors are Montana-made, built entirely at the Bozeman facility, which now employs over 140 people.

“We pinpoint exactly where the source of emission is and we can quantify how much gas is emitting from the emission as well. So they can look at the …