The global hydrocarbon infrastructure — encompassing natural gas extraction, transmission, storage, and distribution alongside petroleum refining and delivery networks — operates under a persistent and largely unquantified threat: fugitive emissions and subsurface leaks that current detection methodologies identify only after failure has already begun. This paper presents a unified systems framework developed under the Presignal Subtraction Methodology that addresses four interrelated gaps simultaneously: (1) pre-failure leak detection via distributed electromagnetic sensor arrays derived from the Presignal EM Sentinel and Field Node hardware platforms; (2) multi-stream monitoring architecture covering upstream, midstream, and downstream infrastructure for both natural gas and petroleum products; (3) biomimetic remediation design informed by natural methanotrophic and geochemical cycling pathways; and (4) a novel passive cold storage architecture utilizing natural rock-metal honeycomb composite geometry. Falsifiable predictions are embedded throughout. The framework is deployable on existing open-source Presignal hardware, feeding a live anomaly intelligence dashboard, and triggering early dispatch protocols before measurable pressure loss or surface expression occurs. The system applies identically to natural gas and petroleum infrastructure — two products sharing one physical network — making this the first unified detection-monitoring-remediation-storage framework for the complete hydrocarbon industry.
John Carter (Mon,) studied this question.