PTAC Sessions Provide Free Advice On Managing Methane Emissions

Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) is holding a series of free workshops and information sessions on the technologies available to simultaneously reduce methane emissions and costs.

Small- and medium-sized oil and gas producers don’t have the same access to technology that many large companies — some of them with their own technology department — do, said Soheil Asgarpour, president of PTAC.

“We thought it would be very important to make sure that those [smaller producers] are made aware of new technologies, especially related to methane emission reduction because [that] is going to be a major initiative in coming years,” Asgarpour told the Daily Oil Bulletin. “It’s about best practices. It’s also about new technologies related to methane emission reduction.”

Under its Climate Leadership Plan, the Alberta government will require reductions in methane emissions of 45 per cent by 2025 based on 2014 levels, while the federal government will require reductions of between 40 per cent and 45 per cent from 2012 levels by 2025, beginning in 2020 (DOB, Dec. 13, 2016).

PTAC is committed to helping industry reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality and ultimately facilitating its partners in reaching the reduction targets through the development and implementation of innovative, collaborative and cost effective solutions, which will benefit all industry stakeholders, said Asgarpour.

PTAC’s information session on managing methane emissions from upstream oil and gas facilities is on March 1. Attendees will learn about the Methane Emissions Advisor (MeAdvisor) by Process Ecology, an “innovative cloud-based solution designed to assist the upstream oil and gas sector track and manage methane and other greenhouse gas emissions from operating facilities, with engineering functions to accurately estimate non-metered and non-routine events.”

In addition, the Eco-Efficiency Handbook Information Session will be held March 7.

The handbook provides quick access to validated information comparing technology-vendor alternatives from a neutral perspective, and new ways to improve equipment operations to maximize energy efficiency and minimize emissions from existing field facilities.

The handbook is being prepared by Cap-Op Energy with the support of PTAC, the Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation, and the Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund.

PTAC plans to hold several more, similar sessions throughout the year. For more information phone PTAC at (403) 218-7700 or email: Info@PTAC.org

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