Envorem & COP28: Aligning Green Tech Milestones
Envorem applauds COP28 for major Milestones that Align with Our green tech Advancements
The COP28 Presidency is to be commended for its landmark initiatives to accelerate energy transition. These include the announcement of the Global Decarbonisation Accelerator (GDA) that aims to rapidly scale the energy system of tomorrow; decarbonise the energy system of today and target methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases.
The Envorem oil sludge remediation system is perfectly equipped to meet the second objective, while helping the Oil and Gas Industry make significant savings. Following 12 years of research and development, a pilot study in Oman and further development in the UK, our ground-breaking green technology is now patented and ready for commercial use.
This will come as good news to delegates at the COP28 UN climate talks in Dubai, which this year has drawn more people connected to fossil fuel producers than ever before. According to BBC News, there are about 2400 people from the coal, oil and gas industries at COP28, quadrupling the figure from 2022. (See COP28: Record number of fossil fuel delegates at climate talks.)
This is a significant development as the Oil and Gas Industry starts to embrace energy transition. Furthermore, “50 oil and gas companies, including Saudi giant Aramco, pledged to stop adding to planet-warming gases by 2050.” (COP28: UN climate talks go big on ending fossil fuels).
This is in keeping with the Global Decarbonisation Accelerator (GDA), which includes the Oil and Gas Charter, designed to speed up energy transition and drastically reduce global emissions. It’s good to see the Industry playing a critical and impactful role towards reaching the Paris Agreement goals.
Envorem, COP28 and the GDA
According to the COP28 UAE website, “Under the GDA, 50 companies, representing over 40 percent of global oil production have signed on to the Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Charter (OGDC), committing to zero methane emissions and ending routine flaring by 2030, and to total net-zero operations by 2050 at the latest.”
All OGDC signatories have agreed to act on the following points:
Investing in the energy system of the future including renewables, low-carbon fuels and negative emissions technologies.
Increasing transparency, including enhancing measurement, monitoring, reporting and independent verification of GHG emissions and their performance and progress in reducing emissions.
Increasing alignment with broader industry best practices to accelerate decarbonisation of operations and aspire to implement current best practices by 2030 to collectively reduce emission intensity.
Reducing energy poverty and providing secure and affordable energy to support the development of all economies.
At Envorem, we have developed best practice solutions to accelerate decarbonisation of oily sludge in a sustainable journey that safeguards the environment, reduces emissions and puts efficiency and savings into the hands of oil producers.
“Welcome to a brighter, greener future with Envorem,” says Envorem Managing Director Mark Batt-Rawden. “We treat the by-products of oil production in a way that is good for the oil producer and the environment. Previously oily waste could only be incinerated or dumped into landfills; however we use an obscure property of water to process large volumes of oil production by-products, extracting hydrocarbons and making the solid material safe to return to the environment while returning the oil for recycling.
”Unlike thermal treatment systems, we don't use a lot of energy. If you compare Envorem systems and incineration, then just 12 Envorem systems, running 24 hours a day, would save more carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere than all the trees in the UK can absorb. And just 38 Envorem systems would save more carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere than all of the world's carbon capture projects combined.”
4 ways to implement decarbonisation best practice
1. Energy Impact – Envorem uses minimal energy to carry out operations. Our method of treating sludge is highly energy efficient, typically using less than 10% of the energy required by thermal operations. In other words, thermal uses 90% more energy;
2. Emissions – Treating sludge using incineration is literally burning the sludge, which converts the hydrocarbons directly into CO2 – typically 15 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of sludge incinerated. In stark comparison, Envorem’s technology doesn’t emit any CO2 whatsoever;
3. Hydrocarbon Recovery – When you incinerate, everything is destroyed, including any natural microbes or bugs within the material. Envorem’s process doesn’t kill anything and oil is recovered without changing its chemical properties; and
4. Cost – Incineration is typically 50% more expensive than Envorem’s treatment, and when the value of the recovered oil is considered, there is simply no comparison.
Finally, it is fitting that as COP28 concludes, Envorem is completing the world's largest machine for processing oil-contaminated sludge, which is now ready for deployment. This will not only transform oil sludge disposal practices, but it will also unlock massive value for the oil production and maritime industries.
