American Oil and Gas Reporter - July 2024 - 77

IndustryFocus: Companies, People and Products
Carbon Hawk™ Mitigates
Compressor Emissions
HOUSTON-Estimates suggest that
84% of methane emitted from an internal-combustion-engine-driven
compressor
package comes from rod packing leaks
and the blowdown process, making these
two items a target of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's final rule for Subpart
OOOOb, Archrock observes. To address
this issue, the company offers the Carbon
Hawk™ compressor methane control skid.
Designed for use anywhere natural
gas is compressed-including gathering,
transmission and wellhead applications-this
patent-pending system captures
fugitive methane emissions from
blowdown processes and enables operators
to achieve zero emissions from
rod packing, Archrock reports.
The system is easy to integrate into an
existing gas compression facility, the company
assures, noting that the unit requires
no additional power connections. The sixfoot
by eight-foot package occupies a
small footprint, and a single skid can be
configured to handle multiple compressor
packages, Archrock mentions. The Carbon
Hawk eliminates the need to change packing
annually and measure individual packing
emissions, and the skid itself is virtually
maintenance-free, Archrock concludes.
For more information, please visit
www.archrock.com. The Carbon Hawk's
page is accessible from the " Services "
menu.
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Firms Buy Sercel Nodes To Get Onshore Seismic
NANTES, FRANCE-Sercel relates
it has delivered two WiNG land nodal
systems to European customers during
the second quarter. Representing a total
of 25,000 nodes, the two systems mainly
will support geothermal projects, a growing
market in Europe.
found easily.
According to Sercel, clients select
MEMS digital sensor's accuracy
the WiNG system partly for the QuietSeis®
and
digital fidelity, a key for companies
that seek the highest-quality seismic
imaging capabilities. Unlike other commercial
node systems that operate blindly,
the WiNG system can provide near realtime
data on the status of each node,
The node also offers unique ground
coupling performance, enabling operators
to simply place the device on the
ground instead of needing to bury it,
Sercel continues. The company calls
this design feature a major advantage,
particularly in urban environments, as
it allows easy and rapid survey layout
without ground impact.
For more information, visit www.sercel.com.
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IWS,
ProFrac Test Protocol For On-Site Data Transfers
HOUSTON-Intelligent Wellhead Systems
and ProFrac Services announce the
first successful field tests using the MQTT
(Message Queuing Telemetry Transport)
protocol to safely and efficiently transfer
and visualize well site data during hydraulic
fracturing operations.
Working with an operator in the Haynesville,
IWS and ProFrac say they have
developed the solution to enhance well
site connectivity and improve data transmission.
" Currently,
well site data is transmitted
during fracturing operations by a standard
communications cable using CSV (Comma
Separated Value) protocol. While this
method is robust, it is quite limited in
BKV To Receive Premium For Carbon-Neutral Gas
DENVER-BKV Corp. announces
it has signed a contract to sell Carbon
Sequestered Gas (CSG) to Kiewit Infrastructure
South Co., a subsidiary of
Kiewit Corp., one of North America's
largest construction and engineering
organizations.
BKV describes CSG as a revolutionary
natural gas product that is Scope 1, 2 and
3 carbon-neutral, meaning it mitigates
the environmental impact of natural gas
consumption. The agreement calls for
BKV to begin delivering CSG to Kiewit
this fall for a premium over Henry Hub
price, BKV says.
The company indicates it generates
CSG by pairing low-methane-intensity
natural gas and offsetting emissions associated
with the entire gas value chain,
which includes production, gathering,
boosting, processing, transmission, distribution
and use, through permanent
carbon sequestration by way of BKV's
carbon capture, utilization and sequestration
operations. BKV says its endto-end
emissions calculation methodologies,
combined with transparent,
third-party blockchain-enabled verification,
provide potential buyers with
confidence in the emissions data associated
with their purchase.
" We are thrilled to be able to provide
this first-of-its-kind, carbon-neutral natural
gas product to Kiewit, " says BKV Chief
Executive Officer Chris Kalnin. " The introduction
of CSG, and this sale to a
world-class natural gas end user, aligns
with our mission to help create a better
world through our emission reduction
and energy impact goals. "
For more information about BKV's
carbon sequestered natural gas offerings,
contact Brian Binford at
brianbinford@bkvcorp.com.
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what it can do, particularly with changes
in the data being transmitted, " assesses
Bob Duncan, IWS vice president of product
strategy. " A better solution is MQTT,
a modern communication protocol that
allows more data information than standard
CSV protocol. Metadata, including the
channel name for each data curve, can
now be sent. Instead of mapping just the
serial order of data, the data channel
name can now be mapped as well. "
The traditional method's biggest drawbacks
typically result from manual data
entry, data not being sent at the start of
the stage, or channels not being in the
right order during set up, IWS says. With
the new protocol, the company continues,
these variables are taken out of the equation.
Not only is the mapping process simpler,
but it's also completed before the job.
" Once the job commences, data is
now easily transmitted accurately and
reliably. We are no longer dependent on
aligning channel order and are now mapping
based on previously agreed channels.
This negates the issues brought on by
changing channel names or channel order
during the job, " says the operator's completion
engineer.
" The MQTT protocol will make our
data more accessible and more accurate, "
affirms Chris Hall, ProFrac's director of
IT application development. " The result
will be a better job for the customer. "
For more information, visit www.intelligentwellheadsystems.com
or
https://profrac.com.
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Sercel adds. The company says this
means a survey can be conducted confidently,
knowing that data is being
recorded and that a lost node can be
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