Enhancement of mobile emissions monitoring technology for commercialization: idea to innovation phase IIB

仅在艾伯塔省，能源部门的气体泄漏对温室效应的影响是该省所有个人车辆的两倍。法规正在迅速收紧，但如何定位逸散性气体排放（来自油气储层的计划外排放）仍然是一个挑战。为了满足这一需求，圣弗朗西斯泽维尔大学（St. Francis Xavier University）的Dave Risk博士的FluxLab开发了一种移动大气排放传感技术，可以检测上游和下游能源部门常规或非常规开发中甲烷、温室气体和有毒逸散气体排放的存在和来源。这项技术被称为使用计算技术的排放归因（ExACT）。我们在三个国家拥有超过30个政府、行业、学术和非政府组织合作伙伴，我们过去的工作和项目成功证明了ExACT的潜力。2017年1月，Altus Geomatics（加拿大Altus集团公司）的成员与StFX大学签署了一项合作协议，以获得该技术的独家商业化和使用权。商业化的下一步是完善ExACT，以便在现实世界中使用，市场环境，因为到目前为止，该技术主要用于研究。在拟议的两年时间框架内，该项目将资助全面商业化所需的技术改进的最后阶段。该项目将包括一个由经验丰富的技术人员组成的团队，一个博士后，一个项目经理和一个团队负责人；他们中的许多人将与Altus Geomatics的成员合作，以满足活动时间表中技术和市场驱动的里程碑。这些过程改进是标准化我们的软件和分析程序所需要的，使它们能够被受体公司轻松采用。对这项技术的强烈需求源于责任、监管、企业环境责任和利润（由于产品损失）等问题。对于运营商来说，识别逸散性排放可以减少他们的环境责任，提高现场安全性，减少土地所有者的投诉（特别是H2S），并最大限度地减少产品损失。

In Alberta alone, energy sector gas leaks have twice the greenhouse impact of all personal vehicles in the province. Regulations are tightening quickly, but locating fugitive gas emissions (unplanned emissions from oil and gas reservoirs) is still a challenge. In response to this need, Dr. Dave Risk's FluxLab at St. Francis Xavier University has developed a mobile atmospheric emission sensing technology that detects the presence and origin of methane, greenhouse, and toxic fugitive gas emissions from conventional or unconventional developments in the upstream and downstream energy sector. This technology is referred to as ExACT for Emissions Attribution Using Computational Techniques. The potential of ExACT is demonstrated through our past work and project successes, having over 30 government, industry, academic, and NGO partners across three countries. In January 2017, members of Altus Geomatics (a Canadian Altus Group company) and StFX University signed a collaboration agreement for the exclusive commercialization and usage rights of the technology. The next step in commercialization is to refine ExACT for use in a real world, marketable context, as until now the technique has been used primarily for research. Over the proposed two-year time frame, this project will fund the final stages of technological enhancement required for full commercialization. The project will involve a team of experienced technicians, a post-doctorate, a project manager, and a team lead; many of whom will collaborate with members of Altus Geomatics to meet the technical and market-driven milestones in the activity schedule. These process improvements are needed to standardize our software and analysis procedures, allowing them to be easily adopted by the receptor company. The strong demand for this technology stems from issues around liability, regulation, corporate environmental responsibility, and profit (due to lost product). For operators, identifying fugitive emissions can reduce their environmental liability, improve safety on site, reduce landowner complaints (H2S in particular), and minimize lost product.