The Alberta Methane Field Challenge (AMFC) phase 1 and 2 was a field campaign conducted in 2019 to assess the performance of new methane leak detection and quantification technologies at producing oil and gas facilities.

Countries across the globe have implemented programs to encourage lower emission levels. In Canada, producers can earn carbon offset credits by developing projects that reduce emissions.

Oregon-based FLIR has designed and produced thermal and optical gas imaging systems since 1978. FLIR was the first company to design and build a passive infrared camera for gas detection, and today, these technologies are increasingly used to detect methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.

“If methane gas emissions were pink or red, the issues of leaks into our atmosphere would have been solved decades ago,” claims Henri Tessier, Operations Manager for Calscan Solutions, an innovative Alberta-based instrumentation and control company serving the oil and gas industry.

The Canadian oil sands sector has been under immense pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while also operating in a volatile commodity price environment.

If you are responsible for air emissions reporting in Canada, you are likely struggling to keep on top of all the regulations and their demands – including data gathering, emissions measurement & estimation, and reporting.

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In April 2020, Shell trialed a 20kW EPOD remote power generation module which powers an instrument air compressor with a generator/battery/solar panel system.

In December 2020, Several Emission Rx E-Series Enclosed Combustors were installed for the purpose of eliminating emissions from tank vapours in the area east of Lloydminster.

The following is a message from AER (Alberta Energy Regulator): We posted an e-learning module that answers commonly asked questions about methane regulations.

Natural Resources Canada recently launched a website with the goal of providing information in relation to the recently announced Emissions Reduction Fund.

This blog post is the second installment in a two-part series about methane emissions.

This blog post is the first installment in a two-part series about methane emissions, how they are created and why there’s push to reduce them.

Air emissions regulations and reporting requirements in Western Canada are in constant evolution and can be a very confusing topic.

In June 2017, new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency about the monitoring of natural gas compressor stations went into effect.

With the upcoming release of draft Federal and Provincial methane emissions reduction legislation, the Methane Emissions Leadership Alliance has completed an inventory of methane emissions reduction technology and service providers in Canada.

Emissions from natural gas-driven pumps are identified as a significant source of methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.

This study was commissioned by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to gain a more refined data set of fugitive and vented emissions at small facilities located throughout Alberta, where a significant gap exists in data related to fugitive emissions and venting.

Throughout North America, federal and provincial or state level governments are developing methane emissions regulatory frameworks to be implemented in the coming years with a target of achieving a 40 to 45% reduction in methane emissions from the upstream oil and gas industry by 2025.