When it comes to accurately measuring and reporting fugitive emissions in the oil and gas sector, we are living through a hinge-point moment. The industry is facing the uncertainty of increasingly out-of-date regulatory standards while public and investor expectations for sustainability only grow in rigor. Companies are being asked to stray from the traditionally reliable path of following the basic legal requirements, and to start future-proofing their operations, anticipating new standards and exploring new emissions tracking technology. As leading companies commit to voluntary initiatives, new methodologies are coming into existence. This uncharted frontier of inconsistency and pitfall, of urgent need and hidden opportunity, requires bold new leadership.
Fugitive Emissions Journal had the pleasure of speaking to Jessica Shumlich, CEO and co-founder of Highwood Emissions Management, a Calgary-based software and consulting firm delivering solutions for real, transparent, and provable emissions reductions in the oil and gas industry. She discussed being mission driven, the need for defensible methodologies in emissions reporting, and the ‘Alberta advantage’.
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