Emissions Estimation Tool

Are you ready for MiQ?

How does your Facility Stack up?

Curious what you can change to get a better grade?

MiQ invites new Natural Gas Producers and Operators to assess their emissions intensity score for the purposes of pursuing certification. This tool was developed with the support of Highwood Emissions to evaluate an Operator’s portfolio of emission sources as they apply to the MiQ Standard.

The value of this tool is to allow Operators a quick check of their initial calculated Methane Intensity and MiQ Grade while moving through the MiQ Standard for Methane Performance.

Different Oil and Gas reservoirs, Regulatory Jurisdiction and Equipment Choice, greatly impact your Methane Intensity and potential for emission reductions.

See where you have the best opportunity to improve, reduce or begin to build your internal Marginal Abatement Cost Curves.

Case Study: Alberta Conventional Oil Facility

GOR = 0.69
Emissions = 256 tons CH4
MI = 0.15
MiQ C grade for Intensity

Alberta Regulatory Requirements:

Fugitive leak detection and repair program (LDAR). Depending on the facility type, Directive 060 requires a minimum of annual OGI surveys up to 3x per year
Beginning 2023 pneumatic devices need to be limited to a vent rate of 0.17m³/hr
Beginning 2022 existing reciprocating compressor fleet average venting is limited to 0.35m³/hr/throw
Where any single compressor venting needs to be below 5.0 m³/hr/throw
Beginning 2022 existing centrifugal compressor venting needs to me below 10.2 m3/hr/compressor
Compressor seal testing is required at least every 9000 hours that it is pressurized
Total overall gas venting is limited to 15.0 10³m³ of vent gas per month or 9.0 10³ kg of methane per month.
Allowable Methodology for GHG Emissions calculations AB GHG Quantification Methodologies

Case Study: US Eastern Marcellus Gas Facility

Emissions = 109 tons CH4
GOR = 1.0 tons
MI = 1.1%
MiQ Grade B for intensity

Local Configuration includes:

Limiting pneumatic device venting
Measuring compressor seal vents
Completing required fugitive emission monitoring
No sources from flaring or storage tanks
Primary opportunity for reduction for electrification of combustion

Case Study: Low leak configuration

Emissions = 72 tons CH4
GOR = 1.0
MI = 0.07%
MiQ B Grade for Intensity

Local configuration:

Pneumatics that are electrified or converted to instrument air
Tank vented is connected to a VRU or tied into a flare or sales gas line
Heavy or conventional oil facilities may have higher intensities due to more associated gas venting and tank venting activities where low intensity producers are more likely to be pure gas plays