Chevron seeks gas certification in Texas, Colorado [UPDATE]
US major Chevron said February 23 it would seek Project Canary certification of select well sites and production facilities in the Permian basin of Texas and the Denver-Julesburg basin in Colorado.
The pilot project will seek well-by-well certification at five sites across the two basins, with the expectation that Project Canary’s Trustwell™ certification process will begin in the first half this year, and that responsibly-sourced gas will be available for delivery to markets by mid-2022.
“Chevron is focused on delivering reliable, lower carbon energy to a growing world,” said Steve Green, president, Chevron North America Exploration and Production. “We aim to achieve this through innovation, both in our application of technology, and in our approach to how we design and run our operations.”
Initial certification will be piloted at two sites in the Midland Basin region of the Permian and at three sites in Chevron’s Mustang development area in the DJ Basin. Collectively, the five sites produce about 80mn ft3/day of natural gas.
As part of the pilot, Chevron will also deploy Canary X continuous, pad-level methane emissions monitoring units at select locations.
“The pilot is expected to help verify our strengths and identify opportunities to further improve methane performance, familiarise us with the certification process, and grow our understanding of the current RSG market,” Chevron said in an email to Gas Pathways.
In 2020, Chevron said, methane emissions intensity associated with its US onshore natural gas production was 85% lower than the industry average. It continues to design, construct and operate facilities with an eye towards limiting emissions, and has reduced fugitive methane emissions through leak detection and repair, low- and no-emissions pneumatic devices and centralised production facilities.