Development and testing of fugitive methane monitoring equipment in the western Canadian sedimentary basin via a controlled methane release

该项目涉及测试、开发和演示用于监测地下气体迁移和石油和天然气威尔斯井甲烷排放的设备。在该项目期间，将在加拿大西部沉积盆地的典型土壤中进行浅层（~ 10米深）甲烷控制释放，以提供一个平台，用于测试传感器和现场部署的甲烷排放检测和量化分析技术。由于我们将能够控制泄漏率和持续时间，我们将能够展示和评估Eosense电池供电的被动甲烷传感器的灵敏度，该传感器可以部署在现场，以检测和量化地面甲烷流出，与UBC拥有的需要电源的仪器相比。如果证明有效，这种传感器可以广泛应用于石油和天然气工业（在加拿大和国外），以监测甲烷泄漏和气体迁移.

This project involves the testing, development and demonstration of equipment for monitoring subsurface gasmigration and methane emissions from oil and natural gas wells. During the project a shallow (~10m deep)controlled release of methane will be conducted into the soil typical of the Western Canadian Sedimentarybasin to provide a platform for the testing of sensors and field-deployable analytical technologies for methaneemissions detection and quantification. As we will be able to control leakage rates and duration, we will beable to demonstrate and assess the sensitivity of Eosense`s battery powered, passive methane sensor which canbe deployed in the field to detect and quantify methane efflux at ground surface, in comparison to establishedUBC-owned instrumentation that does require a power supply. If proven effective such a sensor could bewidely employed in the oil and gas industry (in Canada and abroad) to monitor for methane leakage and gasmigration.