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UCalgary-Canadian Natural Fugitive Emissions Pilot Study: Field-Scale Deployment and Acceleration of Made-In-Alberta Technology for Fugitive Emissions Detection and Reduction
The goal of this project is to execute the first full-scale field pilot of a new vehicle-based technology for regulatory leak detection and repair (LDAR) in North America, and simultaneously accelerate development of the world’s first mobile methane sensor web for monitoring and reducing methane emissions from the upstream oil and gas supply chain. The…
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Natural Gas Mobile Unit for Drilling Rig Power Generation
The project from Tourmaline Oil Corp. with consortium partners Precision Drilling Corporation and Caterpillar Inc. is a plug and play mobile natural gas generator and energy storage system for existing electricity-powered drilling rigs. The technology utilizes clean-burning natural gas, a smart energy management system, and storage of electricity that would otherwise be wasted. This high-efficiency…
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Methane Imaging Solution for Continuous Leak Detection and Quantification for Tank Emissions and Facility Monitoring
Kuva Systems (Formerly Multisensor Scientific), together with site hosts Cenovus Energy, NAL Resources and CMC Research Institutes, will commercially demonstrate its ground-breaking IoT solution to detect, visualize and quantify methane and other hydrocarbon emissions, affordably making the invisible measurable. Two solutions will be demonstrated: a relocatable camera site assessment system for quantifying tank emissions over…
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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…
