Climate change has become a high priority for the global community and it is likely to continue increasing in importance in the near future. Governments and the public are increasing their vigilance on the energy and emissions performance of industry; the Oil & Gas sector has been receiving even more attention given the relationship between the use of fossil fuels and global warming as well as a number of high-profile environmental disasters linked to the sector.

The recent developments in government regulations worldwide are forcing all companies in the sector to develop economic and efficient systems to manage their greenhouse gas emissions.

Process Ecology’s GHG Advisor is an innovative software-as-a-service that is designed to assist the Upstream Oil & Gas sector calculate and manage GHG emissions (air emissions in general). GHG Advisor provides a process engineering approach to emissions estimation and management. Most emissions inventory offerings consider a stationary combustion source as exactly the same as the next as long as they are both using the same fuel; a process engineering approach requires the system to know the role that the combustion source plays in the process. The key is that once an inventory has been established, screening for emissions reduction opportunities is needed and it will definitely make a difference in strategy if the source is a line heater or if it is a distillation column reboiler.