This initiative is part of the Methane Consortium Program
Cenovus Energy
2021
Executive Summary
The “Cenovus Facility of the Future Project” demonstrated and deployed several different low to no-emission technologies (currently being developed/marketed by Subject Matter Experts [SMEs]) within our Conventional Business Unit oil & gas assets. Through this project, Cenovus was able to understand any related capabilities and limitations, while building operational familiarity/comfort with utilizing the various technologies.
This project provided the SMEs access to Cenovus candidate sites to test/trial their technologies under real world conditions. This is an arrangement that SMEs often struggle with arranging, as producers are often reluctant to pilot/trial new technologies within active operations due to higher capital costs, performance uncertainty, and the resulting risk to operational reliability.
The results from this project are being shared with Alberta’s innovation ecosystem and this will allow the ecosystem to expand and strengthen as producers gain awareness of what technologies are available. Also identified through this project would be each technology’s limitations and capabilities allowing the SME and the innovation community to confirm the “gap/problem statements” and adapt designs to better meet the needs of the end-users.
Full-scale deployment of smart, strategic, cost-effective methane management technology (such as the technology this project implemented) is required for a sustainable oil & gas production. As we look to the future, it will be imperative to manage and eliminate emissions emitted from operations as Canada seeks to be a global “energy provider of choice.”