Cost-effective GHG Emissions Reductions Opportunities at a SAGD Facility

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. The Government of Alberta issued its latest regulatory framework to manage and reduce GHG emissions from the oil and gas sector. The compliance obligation is tied to performance benchmarks and to an increasing carbon price that is expected to reach $50/tonne by 2022. 

A prominent oil sands operator requested Process Ecology for an evaluation of low CapEx options that may be available at its new facility to reduce GHG emissions and potentially reduce OpEx as well (reduce natural gas use and/or power consumption).