- Home
- Companies
- Process Ecology
- Services
- Flare Advisor Services
Flare Advisor Services
The long-term Oil & Gas industry objective is to eliminate routine flaring and venting and minimize non-routine flaring (ERCB, Directive 060). Although best management practices can reduce the frequency of non-routine flaring, emergency flaring is still a required practice to prevent equipment overpressure, catastrophic failures and loss of human life. However flaring and venting should be kept to the minimum that is technically and economically justified.
Process Ecology’s FlareAdvisor™ is an innovative web-based software for estimating, managing and reporting flared and vented volumes from operating facilities, with a specific focus on non-metered and non-routine events, such as compressor blowdowns, compressor starts, line pigging and a number of other events that are performed frequently by facilities; continuous sources are also considered for future development.
Key features include:
- Sound engineering approach to the calculation of emissions based on past engineering studies;
- Developed in close collaboration with industry, with an efficient workflow and a simple and intuitive interface designed for the facility operator;
- Calculation methodology based on fundamental thermodynamics for compliance with regulatory requirements, even as stringent as in B.C.;
- The calculation engine considers the availability of data and best engineering practices to deliver the best estimates possible;
- Allows operational optimization opportunities to be uncovered;
- Minimal need for customization as the application is designed for the specific purpose of estimating, managing and reporting emissions.