The project sought to recover high value and readily condensable liquids from vented or flared volatile organic compound (VOC) rich associated gas. The recovered liquids could be integrated into the existing liquids production and processing infrastructure and add potentially significant revenues and profits while measurably and verifiably reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SCLPs), most notably black carbon and methane.
The project’s activities and associated information platform were designed to create lasting institutional capacity for awareness raising, capacity building, knowledge exchange, networking of sector actors and the development of a public and private infrastructure to enable catalytic change within the oil and gas sector in a manner that supports the continuous commitment to long-term emission reduction goals.
The project also supported scaling-up the commercial deployment and dissemination of emerging leading-edge technologies for hydrocarbon liquid recovery that would otherwise not be exploited due to the use of conventional equipment and a limited understanding of the field.
In addition, the project furthered the increased dissemination of knowledge regarding the emergence of increasingly cost-effective and scalable technologies for hydrocarbon liquid recovery at smaller operational nodes in the upstream production industry, where economically recoverable volumes of readily condensable liquid hydrocarbon commodities were not previously considered to exist.
A significant component of the demonstration phase of this project involved addressing opportunities to cost-effectively reduce SLCP emissions, deploy liquid recovery technologies and emerging technologies to quantify the reduced SLCP emissions resulting from implementation, and apply rigorous petroleum accounting and economics practices to verify all costs and payback periods.
Technology and practice demonstrations at selected PEMEX and Ecopetrol facilities, carried out within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA), produced mitigation and business plans that identified significant opportunities to reduce emissions by recovering high-value liquids from flare streams and avoiding millions of dollars in annual energy and production losses from these facilities.
The NAMA project’s approach to SLCP reduction activities in the oil and gas sector is an example of how public-private cooperation can improve the diffusion of existing technologies and introduce new technologies that could bolster existing efforts on near-term climate change and related public health, food and energy security, and environmental issues.
The projected reductions in SLCPs emissions have the potential to realize significant and measureable environmental, health and social co-benefits, which support the CCAC’s role as a transformative catalyst of change in the oil and gas sector.
The Technology Demonstration Component sought to work collaboratively with key public and private sector stakeholders to reduce methane and black carbon emissions from venting, leakage, and flaring of natural gas from operations worldwide by developing an increased regional capacity for SLCP reductions as well as working in partnership with the private sector.
The Technology Demonstration Component outlined a programme to measure and monitor the implementation of innovative technologies as well as emission mapping and visualization exercises that demonstrate, in a practical manner, that SLCPs could be minimized or eliminated with the implementation of a systemic approach that both decreases emissions and significantly lowers production costs.
The projected reductions in SLCPs emissions have the potential to realize significant and measureable environmental, health and social co-benefits, thus supporting transformative catalyst change in the oil and gas sector and filling a gap that is not currently addressed by international clean energy partnerships.
Phase 1 of the CCAC Oil and Gas Initiative’s Technology Development Component noted that private sector companies attempting to scale-up their efforts to reduce SLCPs such as black carbon and methane face challenges in trying to emphasize energy efficiency in the production process in a manner that is reliable, affordable and supports emission reduction goals and objectives.
In other words, one of the main barriers for the sector is to successfully demonstrate the net financial benefits derived from implementing technologies that would provide the highest practical level black carbon reductions achievable through short-term measures that either generate additional revenues or are self-sustaining.
The CCAC through Clearstone Engineering is also implemented Phase 2 of the Technology Demonstration Component which entailed continuing to work with oil and gas companies to address the sector’s market barriers through sustainable medium to long-term financing approaches and strategies such as issuing green bonds based on verified Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) project data that has substantiated significant financial returns for capital investments in emission reductions.
Since 2014, Coalition partners have implemented activities in three key areas:
Lead Partner: A Coalition partner with an active role in coordinating, monitoring and guiding the work of an initiative.
Implementer: A Coalition partner or actor receiving Coalition funds to implement an activity or initiative.
This document prepared by Clearstone Engineering in relation to the CCAC technology demonstration project "Financing and Measuring Black Carbon Emission Reduction in the Oil and Gas Sector"...
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) through Clearstone Engineering Ltd conducted a technology demonstration project to help oil and gas companies identify profitable opportunities to...
The report summarizes work regarding the measurement of black carbon emission rate, flare gas flow rate, black carbon yield, and solid-phase flare efficiency under the research agreement from the...
This presentation was made at a workshop in Mexico City, Mexico on 26 August, 2015.
A limited flare and vent gas measurement program was conducted during the period of 14 to 16 August 2015 at the following selected Operator No. 1 facilities in Colombia:
A flare and vent gas measurement program was completed during the period of 6 to 13 August 2015 at the following selected Operator No. 2 oil and gas facilities in Colombia:
A flare and vent gas measurement program was completed during the period of 29 September to 8 October 2014 at the following selected Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) facilities in Mexico: ...
This document presents a report on the technical workshop conducted in China (i.e., the final workshop). The purpose of the workshop was to demonstrate a measurement technology, the plume transect...
This document defines the course of action that has been taken to progressively work towards achieving real reductions in emissions of short lived climate pollutants at oil and gas facilities in...
The following report describes the technical development of a web platform for visualising global flaring activity. Flaring of associated gas by the oil and gas industry is still a major...
The following report describes the development of a web platform for visualizing global flaring activity. Flaring of associated gas by the oil and gas industry is still a major environmental issue...
This report outlines the data needs, modelling and scenario development undertaken using the Long range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) system with Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) in...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
Three flare gas measurement campaigns sponsored by Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) were conducted in Colombia during the periods of 10 to 14 July 2017, and 8 to 12 July and 15 to 19 July...
