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Advanced Dual-Fuel System Commercial Demonstration
Displacing 50 per cent of Diesel Fuel with Dual-Fuel Technology Funded through ERA #5: Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, this project successfully validated Innovative Fuel Systems’ dual-fuel (diesel and compressed natural gas) technology equipment in the heavy-duty trucking industry. This technology allows existing heavy-duty diesel engines to displace up to 50 per cent diesel fuel
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Unlocking EPOD Economic Zero Bleed Pneumatic Instrument Air Retrofit Solution
Off-grid Power Solution to Eliminate Pneumatic Methane Emissions Approved for funding in ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, Convrg Innovations (formerly Westgen) created the Engineered Power on Demand (EPOD) system, which supplies high pressure air to remote wellsite pneumatic devices and serves as an alternate solution to natural gas. By project completion in 2023, development
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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
PoMELO: Vehicle-based System Measures and Monitors Methane Emissions Approved for funding through ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, the field pilot tested and advanced commercial deployment of a vehicle-based technology for regulatory leak detection and repair (LDAR). The University of Calgary partnered with Canadian Natural to scale-up deployment of its methane emissions mapping system at
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Natural Gas Mobile Unit for Drilling Rig Power Generation
Reducing Emissions at Drilling Rigs with Energy Storage Systems This project was funded in 2020 through ERA Call #5: Natural Gas Challenge and aimed to reduce system emissions at drilling rigs through the implementation of new energy savings and storage systems. It involved upgrading two existing drilling rigs to the Electronic Modular Control Panel (EMCP)
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Methane Imaging Solution for Continuous Leak Detection and Quantification for Tank Emissions and Facility Monitoring
Image-Based, Automatic Methane Monitoring System at Fixed Sites Approved for funding in ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, Kuva Canada Inc. (Kuva) developed a methane monitoring camera for continuous, fast detection and quantification of methane emissions at oil and gas sites, with particular applications to reduce tank venting. By project completion in 2023, it showed
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Kinitics Valve Actuator for Gas Producers
Project Overview Approved for funding in ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, Kinitics Automation developed its electric valve actuator to address the need for non-venting solutions to valve application. By project completion in 2024, the KVA38 was successfully commercialized, eliminating methane venting from pneumatic control devices at gas production sites across Alberta. Electric Valve Actuator
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Emissions Reductions Through Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) device accurately measures methane and other gases Approved for funding through ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, the project successfully developed and tested a surveillance technology to support upstream oil and gas to quantify and reduce methane emissions. Qube Technologies developed a low-cost environmental surveillance technology to detect, quantify, and
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Demonstration of a Full-Scale Multilateral Junction Assembly
Multiple Lateral Junctions to Access Unconventional Reservoirs Approved for funding in ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge funding call in 2020, Modern Wellbore Solutions deployed their Multilateral Junction Tool Assembly that reduces emissions by enabling lateral junctions rather than requiring separate wells. By completion in 2023 the project demonstrated full-scale deployment of the tool allowing Oil &
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Affordable Zero-Emission Fail-Safe Electric Dump Valve Actuator (EDVA) Phase 2
Electric Dump Valve Actuator to Eliminate Methane Approved for funding in ERA’s Natural Gas Challenge in 2020, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) and Linear Motion Technologies (LMT) developed and tested an Electric Dump Valve Actuator (EDVA) to replace pneumatic actuators, thereby eliminating methane emissions. By completion in 2022, the project proved the EDVA’s performance in
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Demonstrating the impact of genomics-enhanced whole herd genetic management platform on reducing beef greenhouse gas emissions
Project Overview Approved for funding through ERA’s Food, Farming, and Forestry Challenge in 2021, the project developed and demonstrated a genomics-enhanced whole herd genetic management platform for the beef industry. By completion in 2024, the platform successfully advanced, and now represents a valuable suite of genomic tools for the beef industry to select and breed
