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Shell is working to detect and lower methane emissions to minimize impacts in Groundbirch. Project delivery and construction specialist with the Groundbirch asset, Shell’s Jason McGillivray focuses on well pad and pipeline project delivery with a diverse team representing disciplines ranging from construction to regulatory. “We have many initiatives already in place to reduce methane emissions,” says McGillivray. “Some of the valves used in typical industry processes are designed to vent small amounts of methane, and the emissions released from these
– a new, and better, well pad designed to include electric valve actuators instead of pneumatic ones to reduce methane emissions from the wellsite. The new design is also expected to increase production capacity by 40% and decrease costs by 15%. They will follow the Groundbirch GHG asset management plan to drive further methane emissions reduction in 2018 through a trial that uses fresh air from a compressor (like the ones used to fill the air in car tires) instead of methane from the well to run actuators on existing well pads in the Groundbirch field. “To be a part of positive change is incredibly motivat-
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ing, with Shell reinforcing the responsible development taking place in Canada’s upstream and our role as an industry leader when it comes to environmental improvement,” says McGillivray. One opportunity lies in further reducing methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that traps more heat and has a more powerful short-term impact on climate change than carbon dioxide. Methane emissions associated with oil and natural gas production may occur from: combustion, flaring, venting or as unintended fugitive emissions.
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valves in the Groundbirch field are an opportunity for improvement.” McGillivray and his Groundbirch project team weighed the benefits and decided to move to a new multi well pad design with a zero-bleed philosophy (whereby methane is not “bled” or vented to the atmosphere). “Even though it goes above and beyond regulatory requirements, we collectively agreed that it is the right thing to do in this situation in terms of our role in providing cleaner energy to Canada and the world.” Last year, McGillivray and crew introduced the first Gen 4 Multi-Well Pad (Gen 4 MWP)
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