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Kinitics Valve Actuator for Gas Producers
Methane venting at Canadian natural gas producers’ well sites is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Pneumatic control devices that use natural gas to operate are a major contributor to this methane venting. According to a recent study, methane venting from pneumatic devices at well sites in Alberta alone is estimated at over 475,000…
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Emissions Reductions Through Artificial Intelligence
Qube Technologies is an Alberta start-up developing low cost environmental surveillance technology. Our mission is to help the upstream oil and gas industry cost effectively detect, quantify and reduce methane emissions. During the ERA project Qube will be deploying IoT devices along with its industry partners to collect emissions and environmental data from oil and…
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Demonstration of a Full-Scale Multilateral Junction Assembly
Modern Wellbore Solutions has developed the world’s first Multilateral Junction Tool Assembly (MJT) and process to allow oil and natural gas companies to drill, complete, and operate multilateral wells in unconventional assets. The MJT can be applied to new and existing wellbores, and results in more efficient drainage of reservoirs, reduced environmental impacts, and curtailed…
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Affordable Zero-Emission Fail-Safe Electric Dump Valve Actuator (EDVA) Phase 2
Linear Motion Technologies (LMT) Electric Dump Valve Actuator (EDVA) will both replace a large percentage of pneumatic devices currently in use and provide a more efficient and affordable alternative for new installations. Replacing pneumatic actuators with EDVAs completely eliminates all associated methane emissions. Furthermore, the EDVA requires fewer and far simpler parts than competitive devices,…
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Supercritical CO2 Waste Heat Recovery and Utilization Technology
This project involves the installation of a demonstration waste heat recovery (WHR) generation system at one of TransCanada’s compressor station sites in Alberta. The technology is a first-of-a-kind approach in WHR and uses Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) as the working fluid to recover waste heat from a gas turbine and convert it to emissions-free electricity.…
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Crossfield Gas Plant Energy Efficiency and GHG Reduction Project
This project will demonstrate the benefits of acid gas injection (AGI) with a potential for localized enhanced gas recovery at the Crossfield Gas Plant. The project is expected to improve the sustainability of the gas plant by improving production efficiency and significantly reducing carbon compliance costs. The process involves re-injecting acid gas, containing hydrogen sulfide…
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Multi Component Downhole Injection System
Challenger Technical Service’s MCDIS project is designed to eliminate fugitive GHG emissions that occur on existing oil and gas wells. The system will offer a dramatic improvement in the success rate and lifetime of a gas migration repair by introducing new intervention equipment and methods. Two materials are injected separately into a leaking wellbore, where…
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Canadian Natural Fugitive Emissions Study Using Aerial Detection Technology
Canadian Natural will pilot an Alternative Fugitive Emissions Management (alt-FEMP) aerial screening technology coupled with ground-based detection. This project is intended to be a part of Canadian Natural’s larger overall Alt-FEMP program, which will cover their conventional oil and gas facilities, province-wide, across a diverse set of operational conditions. With Canadian Natural’s scale (almost 20%…
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In-Pipe Turbine Generator Field Demonstration Project
ZKO has partnered with Peyto Exploration & Development to demonstrate an in-pipe turbine generator that uses flowing natural gas in the pipeline from the wellhead to generate electricity, which is used to power chemical injection pumps, eliminating a large source of methane venting in natural gas production. Chemical injection pumps currently operate pneumatically and vent…
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Targeted PureJet Incinerators for Methane Challenges
PTAC has partnered with Alberta-based Atlantis labs as well as Cenovus Energy and Husky Energy to develop and demonstrate a small-scale, enclosed incinerator at industry sites in the province where flaring is currently unavailable or uneconomic, targeted at eliminating methane that would otherwise be vented. The portability of the patented PureJet Incinerator device, coupled with…
