Delta CleanTech Inc. provided additional information on its new division - MethanatorRX Technologies Inc. (MethanatorRX). Methane emissions originating from wellheads in oil and natural gas production stem from fissures within the surface casing cement. This issue is prevalent in both newly established and existing wells, with estimations suggesting that up to 10% to 20 % of all drilled wells encounter SCVFE problems. In Canada, emission volumes are reportable under provincial regulators mandatory guidelines.

The reportable standards, particularly in response to the heightened regulatory emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), underscores the critical nature of addressing methane emissions. Methane possesses a global warming potential 27-30 times that of carbon dioxide. Consequently, the aspiration to capture and destruct methane in a fundamentally secure manner, serves to mitigate the overall greenhouse gas impact associated with oil and gas well production.

This initiative concurrently diminishes the carbon intensity of both oil and natural gas production. Up until this point, casing bowl wellhead methane has not been dealt with to the satisfaction 3 of gas production industry or the regulators for the following reasons: Capability to destruct with low gas volumes and pressures that current destructor technology cannot process; No electric power on site to operate the destructor, data acquisition, and metering equipment required to confirm and certify methane destruction; Capability to operate in a hazardous environment with no open flames.