Industry Driven Innovation Enabler Value Creator

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1 Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada Industry Driven Innovation Enabler Value Creator A unique Canadian petroleum technology alliance serving the hydrocarbon industry by significantly improving the environmental, safety, and financial performance of the oil and gas industry through the facilitation of innovative, collaborative research and technology development. Alberta Oil & Gas Sector Methane Reduction Strategy Clean Energy Technology Centre in Drayton Valley, February 10,

2 Innovation & New Technologies: Critical in a Low O&G Price Environment PTAC has two decades of R&D facilitation and has created a unique platform for collaboration among industry, Governments & Regulators. Industry Sets PTAC s Priorities to: Address Industry Challenges by optimizing the hydrocarbon value chain to reduce costs while protecting key capabilities. Capture Opportunities by focusing on innovation that creates a positive step change in performance. Heighten Industry social responsibility and sustainability. Help industry improve its global competitive positioning. Help companies navigate their technology strategies. Governments & Regulators identify issues to address social license, permitting & compliance. Environmental policies will continue to shape climate change policy and influence the cost of accessing and producing natural resources. PTAC executes and manages members R&D project priorities: PTAC can leverage funding of membership budgets ten fold through other funding PTAC can provide seed money for industry approved projects. PTAC s innovative & collaborative R&D facilitation process will help manage the technology terrain. 2

3 Innovation & New Technologies: Why PTAC? - Collaborative Perspectives PTAC successes and investments in technology innovation have significantly reduced costs. PTAC supports economic development and growth of Alberta based technologies PTAC s Track Record: Project portfolios that are value creating and strategically sound. Anticipates and plans for several different industry scenarios. Help commercialize technologies that cut costs while reducing environmental impacts. Established synergies with cooperative alliances. Help companies navigate their technology strategies and focus on innovation. Help companies reduce risk across a number of financial dimensions. Places the decision making in the hands of Industry. The need for innovative, cost effective technology has never been so urgent for the oil & gas sectors. 3

4 Innovation & New Technologies: Value Add PTAC successes and investments in technology innovation have significantly increased value. PTAC provides a range of value adds PTAC s Track Record has created value recognition: Subjective Value determine if there is merit in the technology. Objective Value determine the value based on cost of creation. Value in Use determine what sectors can leverage the technology. Value in Investment determine if the technology will attract investment. Operational Value determine if the technology meets business operations. Assessed Value determine if the technology meets Government & Regulator goals. Market Value determine the expected value of the technology by industry use. Innovation and technology encompass a number of concepts required by the oil and gas sectors. 4

5 PTAC s Consortium 196 members (Producers, Service & Supply, Gov ts, Regulators, SMEs, R&D Providers, Transporters) industry experts from member companies driving projects projects completed; over 100 projects underway 550+ PTAC events held to update on facilitated technology developments, best practices, smart regulations/policies. 426 producers providing funds for the 2015 Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund Program. As of January

6 AUPRF: Example of Applied Research Collaboration A Unique Collaboration Platform Between Industry, Government & Regulators Improving Environmental Performance & Creating Value Exploration Production Retirement Value $Million 1. AIR Invested $ BIODIVERSITY 3. WATER Access to Resource Social License 4. SOIL/GROUNDWATER Liability Management Life Cycle: Protecting the Asset Base Leveraged Total Project Spend Value Created Thus Far $98.8 (5 times) $119 Up to 350* * Value Estimation provided by ConocoPhillips, Suncor, and Husky consortia members 6

7 REMVue Slipstream One Example of Many Innovative PTAC Technologies Successfully Delivering Results Current Benefit 150,000/year cars off road ~900,000 tons of CO2 $15 Million/year value creation Full Industry Uptake 1.6 Million/year cars off the road $160 Million/year value creation 7

8 Contacts for PTAC: David Sealock, Vice President, Research & Development Katie Blanchett, Operations Manager

9 APPENDICES 9

10 2016/17 PTAC Emissions Reduction Projects Project: 1. Advanced Detection & Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) 2. Advanced Methane Detection, Analytics and Mitigation Project Start Date November 1, 2016 November 1, 2016 Sponsor/Stage: Costs: Description: Luxmux & Denselight Semiconductor / $2,100,000 R&D of super luminescent light emitting diodes(sled) for more accurate VOC detection. GE / $310,000 Trial analysis of methane sensor systems(s). This is a key project for PTAC and Industry. 3. Methane Emissions Measurement using UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or Drones 4. Satellite Detection of Change Algorithms for VOCs November 1, 2016 University of Calgary / November 1, 2016 St Francis Xavier University / Cenovus / $150,000 Drone based Methane fugitive emission system algorithms & flight planning tools. $128,000 Wide area detection of changes in emissions & other volatile hydrocarbons by algorithms for high resolution satellite data analysis. 5. Geospatial DB baseline management 6. Level Controllers Emission Factors November 1, 2016 Cap-Op Energy / $300,000 Data collection and analysis venting wells maintenance costs to link methane emission sources to tie-in infrastructure. November 1, 2016 GreenPath Energy / $150,000 Development of statistical sampling of emissions for producing formations to access if new emission level controllers provide benefit. 7. Methane Advisor November 1, 2016 Process Ecology / Polar Star / $100,000 Demonstrate Methane Emissions Advisor Software accuracy in calculating methane, VOC and GHG emissions and analytical reduction methods. 10

11 2016/17 PTAC Emissions Reduction Projects Project: Project Start Date Sponsor/Stage: Costs: Description: 8. Mitigation November 1, 2016 Field Demonstration / Black Gold / Encana / Cenovus / $409,000 Field testing by Encana of enclosed combustor for vented methane with lower costs and output than flare system. 9. Solar Instrument Air Compressor 10. Improved Solar Electronic Control System November 1, 2016 LCO Technologies / $43,000 Prototype and demonstration of innovative and cost effective design to reduce cost of solar instrumentation associated with venting. November 1, 2016 Calscan / $64,000 Demonstration of improved Calscan fail safe ESD for pneumatic replacement to eliminate methane venting. 11. C-DER Center for the Demonstration of Emission Reduction 12. Carbon Use & Storage by CO2 Huff&Puff Enhanced Oil Recovery November 1, 2016 SRC / Assist Energy Solutions / General Recovery Inc. / CMC Research Institute / Kinetica Ventures / November 1, 2016 SRC / Ferus Inc / CNRL / $6,879,000 Detailed EPC C-DER facility for real time testing of methane, VOC reduction technologies. This project is the basis for industry testing and analysis. $2,315,000 Applicability of CO2 HnP plus solvents to CHOPS reservoirs in Sask and AB. for secondary and tertiary production operations. 13. Area Methane Detection using Small Airplanes 14. PureJet Mini Incinerator Project November 1, 2016 Luxmux / $3,405,000 Testing of small aircraft to test wide areas for methane emission measurement. May apply to Drones. November 1, 2016 Atlantis Labs / $1,721,000 Small scale enclosed combustor based on jet engine technology, leveraging prior development of larger unit for oil & gas pipeline operations. 11

12 2016/17 PTAC Emissions Reduction Projects Project: 15. Methane Mitigation Thermoelectric Generator / Field Demonstration Project Start Date November 1, 2016 Sponsor/Stage: Costs: Description: Gas Technology Institute & Jet Propulsion Lab / $5,145,000 Fabricate second MMTEG for testing are CDN operations sites. 16. Surface Casing Vent Flow Detection and Remediation 17. Area Methane Measurement using Road Vehicles 18. Thermal Mechanical Well Abandonment and SCVF Technology 19. Field Demonstration of Technologies to Detect and Quantify Methane Emissions 20. Field Demonstration of Technologies to Reduce Methane Emissions November 1, 2016 OptaSense / Husky / November 1, 2016 St Francis Xavier University / November 1, 2016 Winterhawk / Imaginea / Enerplus / July 1, 2017 July 1, 2017 ARPC Project through AUPRF / ARPC Project through AUPRF / $2,026,000 Trial of DAS (distributed Acoustic System) to detect leaks in wellbores to proactively plan and reduce remediation's. $2,207,000 Testing of road vehicles to test wide areas for methane emission measurement. May apply to Drones. $2,672,000 Well abandonment technology using metal expander and polymer modified asphalt to better fix casing vent flows. $1,822,250 Encompasses field and lab studies, field testing and trials of methane detection and quantification. Key project to Government and Regulators. $2,000,000 Demonstration, field testing and validation of technologies reflecting the needs of the Alberta Methane Technical Committee. 21. Technology Trials for Methane Emission Reduction & Eco Efficiency July 1, 2017 Cenovus / $1,075,000 Demonstration and validation of methane mitigation and measurement technologies. 12

13 2016/17 PTAC Emissions Reduction Projects Project: Project Start Date Sponsor/Stage: Costs: Description: 22. Multilateral Junction Testing Field Trail for Permanent & Scalable Methane Emissions Reduction 23. High Throughput Methane Detection Using Work Trucks 24. Eco Efficiency Handbook / Funded July 1, 2017 Modern Wellbore Solutions / July 1, 2017 September 9, 2016 mairsure, Encana, BP, Colorado State University, Sensit / NRCan, Alberta Energy, TEREE / Funded $48,240,000 Project is to de-risk the technology while increasing TRL from 4 to 7. Project has merit. $1.302,000 Field study of an advanced methane detection/quantification technology. $88,000 Procedural guide for best practices for improved operations, technologies and cost reductions. Handbook is a Key deliverable to industry. 25. Gas Pro Vapor Recovery Unit July 28, 2016 NRCan, Alberta Energy, TEREE / Funded $167,000 Field trial analysis of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene. Xylene compounds) VPU to confirm 100% GHG & VOC recovery. Cost savings & efficiency. 26. CDN Upstream Oil & Gas Energy Efficiency Operations Handbook February 1, 2017 NRCan, AUPRF, TEREE / Funded $334,000 to create a procedural guide for best practices for improved operations, technologies and cost reductions. Handbook is a Key deliverable to industry. Key project to Government and Regulators. 27. Area Methane Detection of Oil Sands Tailing Ponds & Mines July 1, 2017 CNRL / Luxmux / $10,600,000 Submitted to ERA by CNRL is a 3 phase 3 year project to demonstrate and test technology to reliably quantify methane emissions. Key project in the development of innovative technology for oil sands emission sources. 13