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Wellsite Automation Conference 2017 Desikan Sundararajan, PhD Reducing Methane Emissions E&P Perspective CONFIDENTIAL Houston TX Date: January 25, 2017
Wellsite Automation Conference 2017
Desikan Sundararajan, PhD
Reducing Methane Emissions E&P Perspective
CONFIDENTIAL Houston TX
Date: January 25, 2017
Production 1.96 mmboe/d
Countries 37
Market Cap USD 61.53 billion
VALUES
(Jan 18, 2017)
Proven Reserves 5,060 mmboe
2017 Corporate Knights “100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World”
US Overview
Global overview
Employees 21,000+
Introduction Perception Science Practices Technology 2
Perception Operations
Technology
Operational Practices
Science
Regulations
Acceptable Methane Emissions
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Perception
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EPA O&G Methane Inventory
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
kt m
etha
ne/y
ear
Year
Original Reporting Year 2014 Report 2015 Report 2016 Report
Source: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
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2013 Emissions Distribution – Production Field Operations
Pneumatic Controllers
Tank Venting
Venting & Fugitives
Combustion & Process Upset
Wellhead Fugitives
2015 Report
2016 Report
Source: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
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Statoil’s Approach
to Methane Emissions
Regulation
Operational Practices
Science
Technology
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Science
Statoil is co-sponsoring a landmark research study on
‘Top-down and Bottom-up Emissions Reconciliation’
Project PI Team
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Operational Practices
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Routine LDAR Routine Leak Detection and Repair Using Optical Gas Imaging Cameras
Separation and RVP
North Dakota Oil and Gas Research Council funded project in collaboration with UND Energy and Environmental Research Center on separation and RVP
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Operational Practices
Methane Sensors
GE Fugitive Gas
Emissions Sensors
EDF Methane Detectors
Challenge
NASA JPL Autonomous
Monitoring System
Real Time Monitoring Technologies
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Innovation and Technology Development
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Methane Sensors Applicability
Separator/Process Equipment
Tank Battery
Wellhead
Flare
Open Path Sensor
Point Sensor with multiple sample
ports Autonomous Drone-mounted Sensors
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Methane Sensors Applicability
Tank Battery
Wellhead
Separator/Process Equipment
Flare
Open Path Sensor
Point Sensor with multiple sample
ports
Autonomous Drone-mounted Sensors
Methane Emissions
Bounds X ppm
Y ppm
Q1: How do we set up methane emissions bounds based on the
process footprint and production?
Q2: What triggers an alarm and when?
Innovation and Technology Development
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Summary Supporting sound science is important to resolve emissions uncertainties
Voluntary initiatives are critical and effective
Innovation, technology and collaboration will play a key role in understanding, managing and mitigating fugitive emissions
Methane sensors will be a step change in how the O&G industry manage fugitive emissions in the future
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Perception Operations
Technology
Operational Practices
Science
Regulations
Acceptable Methane Emissions
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Perception Operations
Technology
Operational Practices
Acceptable Methane Emissions
Regulations
Science
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Desikan Sundararajan, PhD Team Lead - O&M, Shale Oil and Gas R&T [email protected] Tel: +1 832 367 8710 www.statoil.com
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