PRCI featured in INGAA’s inaugural Climate Report

As the natural gas industry endeavours to accomplish net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduce the environmental impact of the pipeline infrastructure, PRCI and INGAA members are partnering in many key areas to advance collaborative research of innovative technologies and practices to enhance safety and minimise emissions within the pipeline industry. “Innovation has been a major driver of our industry’s progress in minimising emissions to-date, and research and development programmes like PRCI’s will help spur the next generation of technologies and practices that will enable us to achieve our national and global climate goals,” said Amy Andryszak, President & CEO of INGAA.

Building on decades of previous research, PRCI has established a Strategic Research Priority to address GHG emissions from pipeline systems. The three year, US$4 million initiative will explore the many facets of the issue, including analytic tools and data analysis, fugitive emissions/leak detection surveys and mitigation, leak detection and quantification, incomplete combustion from reciprocating engines (methane slip), blowdown reduction through capture, recovery, and flaring, and efficiency improvements. PRCI has also established the Emerging Fuels Institute (EFI) to enable pipelines to solve the technical issues around the safe transportation and storage of hydrogen and renewable natural gas. These activities support the industry in achieving net zero GHG emissions through objective research results.

Protecting the environment is a top priority for the pipeline industry. “PRCI is proud to be a valued partner with INGAA and many other industry associations and organisations, as an objective scientific body and critical source for research results and technology development,” said Cliff Johnson, President of PRCI. Through the ongoing partnership between operating companies, research organisations, industry trade associations, regulators and policy makers, the energy industry will continue to advance our collective understanding of GHG emissions and identify further opportunities to minimise and mitigate them.

For more information about INGAA’s 2021 Climate Report, click here.

Read the latest issue of World Pipelines magazine for pipeline news, project stories, industry insight and technical articles.

World Pipelines’ November 2021 issue

The November issue features two reports on the Mediterranean midstream oil and gas industry, explaining why there is cause for cautious optimism in the region going forward. Other technical articles cover topics including flow control technologies, construction challenges on the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (ICGB) project, and pipeline surveillance.

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/regulations-and-standards/12112021/prci-featured-in-ingaas-inaugural-climate-report/