Canadian Capabilities in Clean Technology.

Guides and Company Directories for the Oil and Gas Sector

Cleaner technology solutions for the oil and gas industry are crucial for addressing environmental concerns including global climate change goals. The industry’s contribution to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane, underscores the urgent need for innovative solutions. By deploying advanced technologies, the oil and gas sector can enhance operational efficiency, and mitigate environmental risks, supporting sustainable energy production. Investing in clean technology can lead to economic benefits, including cost savings, new market opportunities, and enhanced competitiveness in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.

As leaders in the development of cleaner technology solutions, Canadian innovators have developed cost-effective technologies to support the reduction of methane emissions, capture and store carbon, support the transformation of the use of non-operational wells, considering the incorporation of hydrogen-rich fuel into oil and gas operations, advance offshore operations, and help reduce the environmental impacts of the oil and gas industry. These guides and accompanying company directories, created with the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, aim to share Canada’s knowledge in these areas of cleaner technology solutions within the oil and gas sector, assisting both Canadian producers and other oil and gas producing countries in promoting sustainable economic growth and supporting reduced emissions.

The six guides and company directories comprise the following categories:

Methane Emissions Reduction: This guide and company directory aim to share Canada’s knowledge in supporting methane emissions reduction within the oil and gas sector, assisting both Canadian producers and other oil and gas producing countries in addressing upstream and midstream methane emissions.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Currently, Canada’s experience in CCS is based on existing projects and using products or services in the oil and gas sector, since CCS as a separate business sector has not yet emerged and remains only a potential industry sector. The guide highlights Canadian capabilities in assessing and implementing CCS projects, primarily associated with upstream and midstream oil and gas operations. Similar process equipment and services may be used for other CO2 emissions intensive industries, however, currently, those markets are only in their infancy and may require alternative technologies.

Environmental Management and Protection: This guide and company directory highlights Canada’s experience and expertise in managing environmental issues involving land, water, ecosystem, and supporting the minimization of environmental impacts, primarily from upstream and midstream operations. Some of the general areas of concern relate to: Oilfield recycling, drilling waste management, water treatment, site remediation and reclamation, monitoring equipment, environmental protection services, equipment, and training.

End of Well Producing Life: The majority of the oil and gas wells that have been drilled over the last century have either been abandoned or are suspended from operation. This directory includes options for making use of those wells for other purposes (CCS, gas storage, lithium production, geothermal) as well as helping to ensure final well closures are completed based on existing regulations and the lease sites reclaimed for other uses.

Offshore Technologies: Canada has more offshore areas with hydrocarbon potential than any other country in the world. Currently, production has only come from offshore Newfoundland Labrador and the Great Lakes which involve dealing with extreme weather conditions and require protection of sensitive marine and aquatic ecosystems. This directory highlights where cleaner technology solutions support the reduction of environmental impacts in these areas.

Hydrogen Enrichment Technologies: In the upstream oil and gas sector the potential for direct use of hydrogen as fuel in operations is evolving, however, there are opportunities to support the reduction of GHG impacts of these operations. The directory contains options to a) replace carbon-rich fuels such as diesel with hydrogen-rich fuels such as natural gas; b) small-scale hydrogen enrichment of hydrocarbons in field areas upstream of refineries to reduce carbon emissions in downstream operations; and c) potentially use upstream and midstream facilities to carry renewable hydrogen to downstream markets.

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