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2024 A year of innovation

Last year was a year of innovation. The industry made many useful oil and gas novel improvements. To be a quick copy of success, you must watch the results of innovation unfold.

How will you find out about the innovations of next year? Will you hope to learn them from sales staff of service companies? Maybe you hope to find them out by rumour at the Petroleum Club? Will you listen for innovations at conferences or in technical papers?

If you have AppIntel AI, keeping track of innovations is simple. Innovations are automatically delivered to your inbox along with competitor intelligence as soon as it comes to light. Every innovation is argued before the regulator. Industry submission documents contain the most fresh and reliable innovation discussions. AppIntel AI delivers those to your email inbox fresh as this morning.

AppIntel AI is the early warning system of innovation.

One operator proposed an innovative experimental scheme for generating steam at the wellhead and injecting the flue gas containing CO2 with the steam. The reduction of carbon into the atmosphere has the regulator encouraging the proponent.

The operator proposes to inject this steam and flue gas into a spent CHOPS field hoping to revive production from a technology if yesteryear.

See all the details of his proposed innovation in his submission documents. Download them from our self serve web portal.

Other 2024 innovations are listed in this blog.

AI Innovation

An AI mall is proposed in Red Deer complete with enough power generation to supply the burgeoning AI industry in Alberta.

In situ hydrogen generation

Plans for generation of hydrogen in situ were paused over vagaries in hydrogen shipping in the province.

Tailings and carbon sequestration

One bitumen mining company is claiming innovation in tailing ponds and carbon sequestration. The operator proposes injecting CO2 into oil sands tailings. He is measuring success based on the new Innovation Alliance chronic effects benchmarks.

Every innovation is argued before the regulator. Industry submission documents contain the most fresh and reliable innovation discussions. AppIntel AI delivers those to your email inbox fresh as this morning.

Unique solution gas storage scheme

One operator got a unique storage scheme approved after nine months. They received approval to sequester/store solution gas until natural gas pipeline egress is affordable in the near future. They dealt with dissenting offsetting operators, nearby metis settlements and the regulator’s concerns about containment.

Coal innovation

Not only did the oil and gas make innovative inroads, but the coal industry in Alberta made surprising changes despite the cold political climate toward coal in Canada.

One coal exploration company sought permits to sink 46 appraisal holes into a long abandoned permit with a view to redeveloping the coal reserves. Their approach was so innovative that it attracted hundreds statements of concern for and against the exploration program. In total, the application contains over five hundred attachments – a record in Alberta.

AppIntel AI is the early warning system of innovation.

The other shoe…

Several significant proposed innovative projects received final regulatory decisions last year.

Two SAGD proposed projects were cancelled during the year after about a decade of regulator deliberation.

Two other significant SAGD expansions were finally approved after two years.

One mine tailing plan was approved after a two years review at the regulator.

Tags: Gas Injection, Thermal, Exploration, Artificial Intelligence

Granger Low   13 Jan 2025

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