IMMC 2019 provides a unique environment for delegates, allowing them the opportunity to compare capabilities, discuss challenges and review emerging technologies for monitoring methane. At IMMC 2019, leading experts will discuss latest field studies and policy developments alongside showcasing cutting edge methods and novel technologies for monitoring fugitive methane emissions including leak detection, identification and quantification as well as long term monitoring.
Time | Title | Speaker | Company | Country |
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09:20 | Opening keynote: Methane Policy for Europe? | ![]() Brendan Devlin |
European Commission | |
09:40 | Session 1: Current understanding, regulation & policy (Chair: Rod Robinson) | |||
1 | Methane Reporting Requirements for the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry in Alberta | ![]() Ian Kuwahara |
Alberta Energy Regulator | Canada |
2 | Methane emissions from contrasting production regions within Alberta, Canada: Implications under incoming federal methane regulations | ![]() David Risk |
St. Francis Xavier University | Canada |
3 | Climate implications of switching from coal to gas | ![]() Michelle Cain |
University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
4 | Building mobile measurement and modelling capacity to detect and quantify methane leakages from gas production and distribution in Europe: the MEMO2 project | ![]() Thomas Roeckmann |
Utrecht University | Netherlands |
10:50 | Coffee break | |||
11:20 | Keynote: Methane emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector: an opportunity to reduce global warming in the short-term | ![]() Giulia Ferrini |
UN Environment | France |
11:40 | Session 1 continued: Current understanding, regulation & policy (Chair: Rod Robinson) | |||
5 | Accurate methane emission quantification, a bottom up approach | ![]() Cindy Verhoeven |
The Sniffers | Belgium |
6 | Airborne monitoring of offshore emissions from oil and gas platforms | ![]() Ralph Burton |
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, UK | United Kingdom |
7 | Improved understanding of global oil & gas related methane emissions through international measurements | ![]() Stefan Schwietzke |
Environmental Defense Fund | Germany |
12:30 | Lunch | |||
13:35 | Keynote: OGCI: an industry perspective on methane measurement issues | ![]() Stephan Plisson-Saune |
TOTAL Group | France |
13:55 | Session 2: Current capabilities and case studies (Chair: Thomas Roeckmann) | |||
8 | Assessment of the Hi-Flow Sampler Characteristics and Potential Failure Modes when Measuring Methane Emissions | ![]() Jessica Connolly |
The National Physical Laboratory | United Kingdom |
9 | Approaches to baseline and operational fixed-site methane monitoring | ![]() Jacob Shaw |
University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
10 | Methane mapping and emission quantification and attribution in two European cities; Utrecht, NL and Hamburg, DE | ![]() Hossein Maazallahi |
Utrecht University / TNO | Netherlands |
11 | Aerial survey of methane emission fluxes from natural gas infrastructure in the North Sea | ![]() Prudence Bateson |
University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
15:05 | Coffee break | |||
15:35 | Session 2 continued: Current capabilities and case studies (Chair: Thomas Roeckmann) | |||
12 | Identifying and characterizing methane emission plumes in regions of planned unconventional hydrocarbon extraction: Case studies from the UK | ![]() David Lowry |
Royal Holloway, University of London | United Kingdom |
13 | Determination and Reduction of Methane Emissions of the Gas Distribution Grid in Germany | ![]() Charlotte Grosse |
DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH | Germany |
14 | Methane emission reduction strategies and determination of emission factors at biogas plants | ![]() Tina Clauss |
DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnutzige GmbH | Germany |
15 | Total methane loss from biogas plants determined using a tracer gas dispersion method | ![]() Charlotte Scheutz |
Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
16:45 | Close & Drinks reception/posters |