Canadian Petroleum Engineering Inc. (CPE) and Irwin Resource Management (IRM) have formed a strategic partnership to support the decarbonization objectives of industry and government. Their extensive CCUS experience and capabilities span the entire carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) value chain from reducing carbon emission liabilities through to realizing value from carbon monetization. Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., and active affiliate, will contribute their knowledge of the subsurface and advanced imaging to assist the partnership.

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The Leading Edge of Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Monetization Canadian Petroleum Engineering Inc. (CPE) and Irwin Resource Management (IRM) have formed a strategic partnership to support the decarbonization objectives of industry and all levels of government with our deep CCUS experience, expertise and capabilities that spans the entire carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) value chain from reducing carbon emission liabilities through to realizing value from carbon monetization. In the experience of IRM and CPE, it is vital to incorporate carbon monetization underpinnings and thinking into the entire CCUS project life cycle in order to realise the full potential value. We can provide a fully integrated technical, carbon evaluation and monetization approach for CCUS projects to support:

  • CCUS project developers
  • Parties interested in generating or purchasing carbon offsets from specific CCUS projects
  • Full CCUS project evaluation for financial institutions requiring due diligence as part of financing.

The services and capabilities of IRM, CPE and affiliates are complementary and allow us to provide seamless, practical and coordinated solutions to support the decarbonization of industry. CCUS projects are complicated involving facilities, pipelines, wells, monitoring, deep sequestration and containment across technical, regulatory, consultations, operations, communications, carbon protocol and monetization aspects. A general overview of this by the major phases of developing a CCUS project are:

Pre-injection phase:

  • site selection
  • geological characterization and modeling
  • site surface analyses including capture facilities, transportation and injection pipeline
  • baseline emission characterization and quantification
  • CCUS tenure application and stakeholder consultations
  • CCUS facilities, pipeline design and well design including cost estimates
  • Carbon analysis and input into design parameters to ensure project meets applicable Carbon offset monetization pathways
  • CCUS risk assessment with monitoring requirements
  • Technical advice on accepted, current best and future potential MMV strategies
  • CCUS monitoring plan and offset protocol implementation
  • Strategic advice on carbon credit protocol regulatory discussions.
  • CCUS scheme applications and additional stakeholder consultations
  • Assessment of project with respect to applicable CCUS Carbon credit protocols from applicable jurisdictions
  • CCUS project facilities, pipeline and well development, construction and integration
  • Offer strategic advice on offset sales strategies to maximise Carbon monetization
  • Carbon offset project strategic advice validation, if applicable (Validation audit response).
  • Develop and implement carbon offtake agreements as applicable

Injection operations:

  • Monitoring, measurement and verification activities
  • Carbon offset quantification
  • Applying relevant Carbon credit protocols to ensure monetization is realised.
  • Act as liaison for Carbon offset verification by third party auditors (verification audit response).
  • Ensuring all relevant Carbon offset regulations are met.
  • Full management of Carbon offset sales to maximise potential monetization
  • Maintenance and field activities
  • Regulatory reporting and stakeholder communications

Post-Injection:

  • Monitoring, measurement and verification (MMV) of containment activities until post closure stewardship activities are completed.
  • Demonstrate safe predictable sequestration of the injected/stored CO²
  • Regulatory reporting and stakeholder communications
  • Carbon credit post-injection activities including ensuring all relevant Carbon offset regulations are met and full management of carbon offset sales to maximise potential monetization
  • Act as liaison for Carbon offset verification by third party auditors (verification audit response)
  • End Closure period – decommissioning, well abandonments and reclamation activities
  • Facilitate Post Closure Stewardship activities including handoff from operator to regulating jurisdiction including long term monitoring equipment, plans and records as specified in CCUS permit and applicable jurisdiction.

To successfully site, develop and operate a CCUS project across all of the above complexity requires an experienced management and multi-disciplined team that can understand and bring together all of the physical, business and carbon monetization aspects. We are that team.

To discuss how we can help you and your CCUS project or find out more contact us:

Tony Irwin (IRM)  (604) 360-9301 tony@irmc.net
Lorne Hammer (CPE) (403) 813-0718 lhammer@cpe.ab.ca
Dave Moffatt (CPE) (403) 807-3176 dmoffatt@cpe.ab.ca
Ron McCosh (CPE) (403) 861-8050 rmccosh@cpe.ab.ca

 

Irwin Resource Management (IRM): staff have provided expertise and services in the GHG management and sustainability reporting sectors for over 25 years including advisory and senior management roles with fortune 500 companies, provincial, state and national governments and standards setting and audit organizations. IRM recognises the need for and worked towards developing and implementing robust accounting procedures and management practices regarding GHG emissions in industry and carbon offset projects including active involvement in the development and refinement of these systems within Canada and at the international level. IRM staff were the Canadian Lead on the development of the ISO 14064 (part 1) and ISO 14065 reporting and audit standards. IRM has been involved in a variety of projects ranging from small aggregation projects to very large CCS projects including working as climate change lead on the Fort Nelson CCUS project, designed to sequester over 2 million tonnes of CO2 per year for more than 25 years, in collaboration with CPE staff.


 

Canadian Petroleum Engineering Inc. (CPE) – is a multi-disciplinary, full-service consulting firm specializing in providing integrated project management, upstream engineering, geosciences, wellbore and field operations since 1995. CPE staff are known for our ability to undertake and successfully complete unique and specialized projects including direct experience in the technical, regulatory and commercial aspects of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and underground natural gas storage projects where the operational performance of the facilities, pipeline, wells, reservoir and containment are vital underpinnings to commercial success. CPE staff, in collaboration with IRM staff, were the originators of the large-scale Fort Nelson CCUS (FN CCS) project in British Columbia, Canada to sequester over 2 million tonnes of CO2 per year for more than 25 years into a deep saline reservoir. CPE staff were instrumental in the project management, cost estimating, economics and key technical work of the entire subsurface, multi-disciplinary team that did the site selection, geological characterization, modeling, CCUS tenure, risk assessment, monitoring measurement and verification plan, various stakeholder consultations. CPE was also the Prime Contractor for all field operations of the FN CCS project including CCUS well designs, programs and drilling/testing/coring the initial CCS exploratory well and a directional step out well plus subsequent well workovers. CPE staff were also involved with FN CCS site surface analysis activities (ie capture facilities, transportation and CO2 pipeline). The FN CCS technical work confirmed that we had an excellent CCUS deep saline reservoir with good containment. The project was suspended due to economics and commercial risks at that time.


 

CPE expands its capabilities through seamless, practical and coordinated solutions with its affiliates:

  • Acero Engineering Inc., a full-service engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) company (www.aceroeng.com)
  • Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., an integrated subsurface geoscience and engineering consultancy with a long Canadian and international history (www.petrelrob.com)