11 01, 2023

Akinê’s Demonstration Project Demonstration Project Dramatically Reduces Electricity Costs and Increases Profitability

By |2023-02-03T16:37:20-07:00January 11th, 2023|Industry News, Project Spotlight, PTAC News, Uncategorized|0 Comments

In 2022 Akinê completed an 18-month Demonstration Project on brownfield wells in SE Saskatchewan. This project, supported by Alberta Innovates, aimed to demonstrate that electric cost per unit of production (power intensity) can be significantly reduced by decreasing total power consumption and power demand with the use of an advanced automation solution that includes [...]

16 11, 2022

International Cooperation to Reduce Methane Emissions for Inactive & Leaky Wells

By |2022-11-16T13:01:29-07:00November 16th, 2022|Industry News, PTAC News|0 Comments

Canada’s oil and gas sector continues to address the challenges of climate change with new project(s) designed to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas wells. U.K. oil and gas companies also recognize this need and are working with their Canadian counterparts to develop new products and processes to reduce a backlog of inactive [...]

18 07, 2022

Net Zero Conference and Expo October 25-27 2022

By |2022-11-22T15:45:52-07:00July 18th, 2022|Events Home Page, Industry News, News Home Page, PTAC Events, PTAC News|0 Comments

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY-Achieving Net•Zero & Growing Canada's EconomyThis informative three-day event brings together stakeholders from government organizations, regulatory bodies, oil and gas producing companies, service and supply companies, research centres, and academic institutions. Hear discussions on various aspects of oil and gas emissions detection, mitigation, and reporting, such as regulations, policies, research, technology development [...]

23 07, 2018

Energy Researchers Take Developments in the Lab to Downtown Calgary

By |2018-07-23T07:44:28-06:00July 23rd, 2018|Industry News|0 Comments

Oil and gas industry professionals hear first-hand about promising UCalgary research By Jennifer Allford, for the Office of the Vice-President (Research), University of Calgary July 23, 2018 From a chemical dust that can reduce the viscosity of bitumen in the reservoir to better hydraulic fracturing, scores of people in oil and gas have heard first-hand [...]

4 07, 2018

Creative Destruction Lab: Call for Applications

By |2018-07-04T10:46:16-06:00July 4th, 2018|Industry News|0 Comments

The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a financing and mentorship program for seed-stage massively scalable, technology and science-based startups. The program’s objective-setting methodology enhances the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, increasing their probability of success. Since 2012, over 1000 founders representing more than 500 companies have participated [...]

5 06, 2018

CAPP Releases Report on Competitive Climate Policy and Supporting Innovation Investment

By |2018-06-05T10:10:50-06:00June 5th, 2018|Industry News|0 Comments

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has released a report highlighting how crucial it is for Canada to have the right policies, including climate, in place that maintain a vibrant and competitive oil and natural gas sector. We want to be leaders, especially in developing innovative technologies that reduce emissions and other environmental [...]

23 03, 2018

The Alberta Innovates/Husky Energy CHOPS Methane Challenge

By |2018-03-26T12:14:16-06:00March 23rd, 2018|Industry News|0 Comments

In December 2017, the Government of Alberta (GOA) published the Climate Change Innovation and Technology Framework (CCITF) as the overarching guide for the government’s investments in innovation and technology to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while preparing our province for the lower carbon economy of tomorrow. Alberta Innovates, on behalf of Economic Development & Trade, [...]

22 03, 2018

Towards Zero Methane Emissions – A Deployment Accelerator

By |2018-03-22T10:32:25-06:00March 22nd, 2018|Industry News|0 Comments

OGCI Climate Investments and our venture partners invite companies with promising technologies and/or business models in the areas of methane detection, measurement and mitigation along the energy value chain to submit ideas or funding proposals. We will select a shortlist of 10–15 companies for presentation and discussion on Venture Day. OGCI Climate Investments is committing [...]

15 02, 2018

Natural Gas Innovation Fund Issues call for Funding Applications

By |2018-02-15T10:09:15-07:00February 15th, 2018|Industry News|0 Comments

The Natural Gas Innovation Fundâ„¢ (NGIF) is accepting submissions for funding to support natural gas cleantech research, demonstration and deployment innovation projects in Canada. NGIF, created by the Canadian Gas Association (CGA), supports the funding of cleantech innovation in the natural gas value chain. It seeks to fill a technology development gap in the sector [...]