Featured Stories

Our Featured Story archive is a collection of the Featured Story’s which have been published in our magazine and taken pride of place as the ‘unique feature article’ on our Fugitive Emissions Journal home page. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, reports from major end users and features projects in a variety of industries.

Energy Industry GHGs and Methane Emissions: Reduction Methodology by Utilizing AIMs

On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began outside the City of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in history of North America, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes. Author: Gobind N Khiani.

Reporting Fugitive Emissions and How to Convert Concentration To Mass

Popcorn made, we sit down to what must certainly be a sequel to the 1993 Movie, “The Fugitive” with Harrison Ford. To our dismay, Harrison Ford never came on screen. By Kilian Regan and Kevin Moses.

Selection of Emission Factors for LDAR Monitoring with Handheld Tunable Diode Laser Methane Detectors

Growing concern about the threats of global warming attracts attention to greenhouse gas emission control. Natural gas consists of mainly methane, a gas with strong global warming potential. By Eugene Kolonsky, Ph.D., Semen Neverov, Alexei Gribov, and Johan Wictor.

Automated Optical Gas Imaging For Continuous Monitoring Of Methane Emissions

OGI is one of the most popular technologies for gas leak detection. Its fast popularization in the last decade is the ability to visualize the leak through a comprehensive real-time video, allowing an unequivocal leak/emission visualization. By Francisco Cortes.

VALMET: Long-Term, Safe Operation Of Oxygen Service Valves

Oxygen service valves operate in one of the process industry’s most hazardous environments. While oxygen is not flammable, it supports and accelerates combustion. This means that oxygen service valves need to be designed,, manufactured, tested, and maintained, to prevent this by mitigating the ignition source and contact with fuel.

New Mexico Environment Department Ozone Precursor Rule: Natural Gas Processing Plants LDAR Implications

Environmental regulations are becoming increasingly stringent at both the state and federal levels. The oil & gas sector and fugitive emissions are arguably under the biggest regulatory spotlight in 2022. As required monitoring frequencies are increased, alternative monitoring methods become more cost effective than traditional ones.

Joseph Witherspoon, Chief Technology Officer: Efficient, Environmentally-Conscious Energy

Is there a way to produce energy in a more green, environmentally-friendly way, while still prioritizing efficiency and output? This is a key question circulating throughout the natural gas industry, and cutting edge research at Frontier Applied Sciences might just hold an answer.

Building the LDAR Dream Team: People, Promises, and Culture

Take a moment to think about how the success of a leak detection and repair (LDAR) team is assessed. By Tanya Jackson, Vice President LDAR, U.S., Montrose.

Emissions and Energy: An Interview with Lewis Black, Almonty Industries

Many industries have seen their ups and downs over the last few years, and will likely continue to do so while conversation regarding energy transitions, changing U.S. policies, and the push towards more sustainable infrastructure, are prevalent.

Reducing Methane Emissions in Canada An Interview with Jan Gorski, Director of Oil &...

Methane is emitted from energy industries, agriculture, waste management activities, and personal activity. Fugitive Emissions Journal was pleased to speak with Jan Gorski, Director of Oil & Gas at the Pembina Institute, to learn about methane policy initiatives in Canada.