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Virtual Forum Series
A virtual version of EFI's Forum series featuring authoritative updates from stakeholders on a wide spectrum of emerging energy technologies and processes.
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| Aligning Technology Innovation and Policy Pathways in the Energy Transition
Forum Edition | Tuesday, 25 May 2021
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| Energy Innovation and Carbon Pricing: The Options Being Explored Regulatory and legislative initiatives aimed at the reduction of GHG emissions and carbon intensity, coupled with an increasing emphasis on ESG performance, are likely to play a significant role in the energy transition over the coming years.
The EU's "European Green Deal" includes growth strategies aimed at making Europe the first climate-neutral continent, while in the United States recent pledges to cut GHG emissions by more than double previous targets are likely to rely on technology innovation throughout the energy industry.
In the United States, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 2307) represents one such initiative aiming to encourage market-driven innovation of clean energy technologies. This briefing by three executives with deep expertise across the fossil and renewable fuels and chemicals industries, will outline the regulatory options being considered and their potential impacts for an EFI audience familiar with the emerging energy technology space.
The briefing will also provide information about new initiatives such as the AIChE's Energy Innovation Corps enabling industry members to join with other engineers to contribute technical expertise to proposed solutions addressing energy innovation and climate change.
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Upcoming Editions
| Green Hydrogen and Methanol Pathways Towards Local, Circular Economies
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Topsoe Autothermal Reformer
|  Tore Jeppesen Senior Vice President Haldor Topsoe
| Electrifying the Fuel and Chemicals Industries
The third of a series of briefings on renewable methanol and various
pathways for the production of sustainable fuels and chemicals via the
utilization of waste streams, electrolysis hydrogen, and CO2 capture,
from an international industry process technology leader.
Haldor
Topsoe is involved in a number of projects to demonstrate and
commercialize various emerging technologies for the production of green
hydrogen and methanol, and small-scale production of fossil methanol.
The company's eSMR Methanol demonstration plant in Denmark; an eMethanol
plant project with a consortium involving Liquid Wind, Siemens, Nel
Hydrogen and Carbon Clean Solutions; a sustainable fuel project
involving companies covering the entire value chain for renewable
hydrogen, methanol and jet fuel; and the recently announced project in
the US utilizing the company's modular, small-scale MeOH-to-Go
technology are examples of these technologies and interests driving
their deployment.
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Recent Editions Content available online to members
| Distributed, Small-Scale CNG, LNG and BioLNG Gas Monetization Technology Options
Forum Edition | Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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| Flare-to-fuel via Last Mile Fueling & CNG in a Box pilot
Ferus NGF & GE Oil & Gas | Williston Basin
EFI site visit
|  Trip Bates Managing Director Silver Lake Energy
| Enabling the Virtual Pipeline: Modular, Scalable CNG & LNG Technology Options An overview of the processes and technology options employed to provide a virtual pipeline for associated and stranded natural gas, and of lessons learned in the field.
The
briefing, delivered by executives behind a recently launched
consultancy with deep practical expertise obtained from the extensive
commercialization of distributed virtual pipeline networks in North
America involving a variety of technology options, provides an
excellent overview of how this experience is being leveraged to provide solutions for flare gas monetization.
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 Production routes for bioLNG and green hydrogen Ewen Energy
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 Jeff Rault CEO Ewen Energy
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Adapting Small-Scale LNG for Emerging BioLNG and Low-Cost Green Hydrogen Opportunities
A
briefing on the development of small- and micro-scale liquefaction
packages for application in the expanding bioLNG market by a pioneer
responsible for the design, construction and development of some of the
first small-scale LNG remote regasification and power plants in North
America.
Emerging
technology opportunities for the production of low-cost green hydrogen
from LNG from flares or bioLNG are outlined.
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Daniel Haynes Research Engineer Reaction Engineering Team NETL
Christina Wildfire Research Scientist Reaction Engineering Team Leidos
| Mitigating Flaring with Microwave Assisted Catalysis
An
introduction to a project requiring industry input to guide research at
the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) for the development of
technology addressing needs of the natural gas industry.
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project's focus is development of a modular, microwave-based catalytic
reactor system enabling the direct (non-syngas) conversion of remote
natural gas resources into olefins and aromatics at the well head,
mitigating flaring and facilitating monetization.
The
project's team of researchers and industry mentors seek input from a
wide range of industry members to gain a better understanding of the key
drivers around associated gas flaring, and the decision making process
and methods used for emission mitigation.
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Recovery & Monetization of Associated Gas & Emissions
Forum Edition | Tuesday, 23 March 2021
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| ZerO2 flare elimination & vapor recovery system EcoVapor
|  Peter Mueller CEO EcoVapor
| Tank Vapor Recovery for the Monetization of Gas and NGLs
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briefing on the opportunities to reduce well pad emissions and flaring
by a company with more than 100 units installed in the field in five
major basins in North America, and technology enabling up to 100% gas
capture on site along with the monetization of flash gas from storage
tanks, instead of being flared.
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 Bakken basin
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 John-Henry Charles Commercial Analyst Capterio
| Not-So-Stranded Gas and the Potential for Profitable Recovery Near Demand Centers
An
introduction to key findings from a global analysis published this
month that explores the data related to the proximity of all flared gas
to gas pipelines and potential demand centers (power stations,
petrochemical facilities, LNG terminals, LPG plants) - with interesting
and thought-provoking results.
The
briefing highlighted a case-study involving flaring being done close
to a demand center in Mexico, of particular relevance given recent
power outages in the country exacerbated by reductions in imports of
natural gas from the United States following power cuts in Texas last
month.
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| Scalable Conversion Technology Routes for Methane-to-Gasoline
Forum Edition | Tuesday, 9 March 2021
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 Haldor Topsoe gasoline synthesis reactors World's first natural gas-to-gasoline plant Turkmengaz GSG-1 plant | Ovadan-Depe, Turkmenistan
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Rickard VannbyDirector LicensingHaldor Topsoe |
Synthesis Routes Enabling Synthetic and "Green" Gasoline Production via MTG and STG
An
update following the initial year of operation of the world's first and
only natural gas-to-gasoline plant, and information about new technical
and project developments related to the production of liquid fuel using
the Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis (TiGAS) Process.
Innovations
related to the production of gasoline from methanol (MTG) and from
syngas (STG) were covered, including the ability to increase yields
and emerging opportunities and interest in the production of renewable
"green" gasoline from biomass-derived syngas.
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Scalable Conversion Technology Routes for Methane-to-Gasoline
Forum Edition | Tuesday, 23 February 2021
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| World's first methanol-to-gasoline plant
Mobil MTG process | Motunui, New Zealand
|  Fengrong Chen Technical Sales Manager Catalysts & Licensing ExxonMobil | Innovating the Methanol-to-Gasoline Route
An
overview of the process and technology innovations being made to a
benchmark synthetic fuels process enabling the conversion of fossil and
renewable feedstocks to a single high-value, fungible liquid fuel.
ExxonMobil's
scalable Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) process produces conventional
gasoline with
virtually no sulphur and low benzene, which can be sold as-is or blended
with ethanol, methanol or with petroleum refinery stocks. The
presentation will provide an overview of recent developments and design
updates to
the process and catalyst technology, whose simplicity and scalability
keep the process as relevant now as it was when first commercialized
thirty-five years ago.
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| rMeOH and rDME Technology Pathways
Forum Edition | Tuesday, 9 February 2021
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| World's first rDME productionChemrec | Pitea, Sweden
|  Ingvar Landalv Director Fuels & Energy Consulting
 Greg Dolan CEO Methanol Institute
| A briefing by two
pioneers in the rMeOH and rDME space and featuring two contributing authors
to the joint report on renewable methanol just published by the International Renewable Energy
Agency (IRENA) and the Methanol Institute.
In
his previous role as Chief Technology Officer of Chemrec, Ingvar Landalv led
production of the world's first rMeOH-to-rDME at the company's plant in Pitea,
Sweden, fuel used in heavy-duty vehicle applications as part of the BioDME project.
The IRENA/MI publication - Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol
- builds upon IRENA's 2013 report on the subject, with a focus on the
production of renewable methanol and rDME via both biogas/biomass
gasification routes as well as from green hydrogen generated from
renewable electricity and CO2 capture/use. The report is being shared
with policy leaders and energy system modelers from 161 IRENA member
states, and to inform high-level policy discussions on low-carbon
options for hard to abate sectors.
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-350x233.jpg) First rDME production in the United States Oberon Fuels | Imperial Valley, California
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 Elliot Hicks COO Oberon Fuels
| Oberon Fuels has recently upgraded its
existing DME pilot plant to demonstration scale to enable the first
production of rDME in the US, with a target production capacity of 1.6
million gallons per year.
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| Modular and Digital Flare Mitigation, Gas Processing and Emission Reduction Forum Edition | Tuesday, 2 February 2021
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| Digital Flare Mitigation units in the field
Crusoe Energy Systems | Williston Basin
|  Cully Cavness President Crusoe Energy Systems
| Digital Flare Mitigation, Digital Energy Storage & the Digital Pipeline
An
introduction to Crusoe Energy Systems' scalable, modular assembly
enabling the conversion of stranded natural gas to power for consumption
in mobile data centers deployed directly to the well site.
The company has systems currently operating in the Bakken and Denver Basins, providing
pathways to resource monetization and regulatory and environmental
compliance in a variety of use cases for both production and exploration
scenarios.
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-350x233.jpg) Vaporcatcher units in the field Pioneer Energy | DJ Basin
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 Eyal Aronoff CEO Pioneer Energy
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Flare Mitigation, Gas Processing & Emissions Reduction
A
comprehensive update from Pioneer Energy on current technology
demonstrations and commercial operations involving the company's line
of small-scale, modular flare gas monetization and gas processing
solutions, modular fractionation systems and Gas-to-Liquids solutions.
Projects including the 20 TPD flare gas to methanol facility being
designed for a customer in Canada will be covered.
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| Policy and Technology Initiatives for Flare Reduction - The 2021 Landscape Forum Edition | Tuesday, 26 January 2021
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| Digital Flare Mitigation units in the field
Crusoe Energy Systems | Williston Basin
|  Zubin Bamji Program Manager GGFR The World Bank
| Industry Flaring Facing Increasing Global Attention
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-350x233.jpg) Flarecatcher units in the field Pioneer Energy | DJ Basin EFI site visit
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 Theo Fleisch Consultant GGFR The World Bank
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The Small-Scale Gas Conversion Technology Landscape in 2021
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| Identification, Measurement, Elimination and Monetization of Gas Emissions and Flares Forum Edition | Tuesday, 15 December 2020
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|  |  Erin Tullos Environmental Risk Mgmt. Team Lead ExxonMobil
 David Allen Professor Chem. Engineering UT Austin
| Project Astra - Advanced Technologies to Detect and Minimize Methane Emissions
A
briefing from project leaders on the recently launched project
leveraging advanced technologies to significantly improve the ability to
measure and minimize methane emissions into the atmosphere from oil and
gas production sites. Launched this year, Project Astra is a
collaborative effort involving ExxonMobil, Pioneer Natural Resources,
the Gas Technology Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund and the
University of Texas. The project involves the application of advanced
methane-sensing technologies, data sharing and data analytics to enable
continuous monitoring of methane emissions across large areas.
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 Mark Davis CEO Capterio
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Acceleration and Scale-Up of Gas Flare Monetization Options in the Field
Perspectives and data on the compelling commercial opportunities and strategies being pursued for flare gas monetization from a project developer bringing assets, technologies and financing together for projects in the field.
The briefing will cover a number of significant decarbonization
opportunities in CO2-equivalent emissions from flaring, venting and
leaking, and an overview of the economic and environmental drivers
behind current projects aimed at the identification, elimination and
monetization of natural gas methane emissions in oil and gas operations.
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