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#IndustrialSectors are significant contributors to #GlobalEnergyConsumption and #emissions, especially for heating needs. #Industrialheataccounts for nearly 25% of the total global energy consumption. Today, an estimated 90% of that #industrialheat comes from fossil fuels and around a third to heat processes below 200 °C. #Industrialelectrification provides the most efficient technological route to #cleanprocess heating. Several emerging technologies are available today to enable clean process heating and deal efficiently with waste heat: industrial heat pumps, electric resistance heating technologies (e.g. electric boilers), and thermal energy storage solutions, among others. The International Energy Agency (#IEA) points out that high-temperature heat pumps can drastically reduce emissions across various industries, such as food processing and textiles as there is more reliance on renewable electricity, the carbon impact of heat pumps continues to improve and so the economical benefits as gas prices rise. We will uncover the #LatestTechnologicalAdvances in this technology: high-temperature heat pumps, which achieve temperatures over 200°C, making them suitable for a broad range of processes and industries. We will also discuss the main limitations of this technology compared to other power-to-heat (P2H) technologies, and the common barriers to adoption. Speaker: ⏩ Davide Rizzi, Aplication Engineer - Large Heat Pumps at Turboden S.p.A. ⏩ Andrei Klochko, CEO & Co-founder at Airthium Led by Juan Martín Corrado, Sr. Research Associate at Darcy Partners Visit the event page to follow the registration steps. Click on the 'View Event' button below! 👇

In the #OilAndGas industry, #SurfaceProductionOperations face numerous challenges, such as #OptimizingProductionRates, #MinimizingDowntime, #ReducingEnvironmentalImpact, and #EnsuringTheSafety of personnel and equipment. Traditionally, these challenges have been addressed through manual monitoring, reactive maintenance, which can be time-consuming and costly. However, the advent of #AI and #MLsolutions has revolutionized #SurfaceProduction operations, offering unprecedented opportunities for optimization and efficiency. #Operators are now utilizing predictive maintenance systems that analyze vast amounts of #sensordata to identify potential equipment failures before they occur, reducing downtime and maintenance costs. While standalone sensor-based solutions provide valuable condition monitoring capabilities (e.g., pressure, temp, vibration, etc. based data analytics), physics-based modeling approaches offer deeper insights into equipment behavior by combining operational parameters with engineering principles and mechanical performance of the equipment. This fundamental difference enables more accurate failure predictions and root cause analysis, particularly for complex rotating equipment in challenging upstream environments. Speaker: ⏩ Jimmy Miller, Sales Director at Mechademy Led by Dutt Tripathi, Research Associate - Oil & Gas at Darcy Partners Visit the event page to follow the registration steps. Click on the 'View Event' button below! 👇

In this event, we will dive into specific opportunities for #AdvancedNuclearMicroReactors, a subset of reactor with 1-20MWe, in the #Oil and #Gas sector. #Microreactors are poised to revolutionize #energyproduction in the oil and gas industry, offering a #clean, #reliable, and #efficientpowersource for #RemoteOperations and energy-intensive processes. These compact nuclear reactors, typically generating 1 to 50 megawatts of #thermalenergy, can provide electricity and process heat for various applications, from offshore platforms to refinery operations. At this event, we'll explore how microreactors can help #decarbonize the oil and gas sector, #ReduceOperationalCosts, and #EnhanceEnergySecurity. Attendees will learn about: ⏩ The latest advancements in microreactor technology ⏩ Potential applications in upstream and downstream operations ⏩ Regulatory landscape and deployment timelines ⏩ Economic benefits and return on investment ⏩ Case studies and pilot projects Speakers: ⏩ Michael Valore, Senior Director, Advanced Reactor Commercialization, eVinci Technologies at Westinghouse Electric Company ⏩ Nick Morriss, Director, Business Development at Shepherd Power Led by Lindsey Motlow, Sr. Research Associate at Darcy Partners Visit the event page to follow the registration steps. Click on the 'View Event' button below! 👇

🎉Announcing the 2H 2024 Darcy "#CuttingEdge" Innovators in Power and Utilities!🎉 We're thrilled to introduce the standout innovators selected for our upcoming Darcy "Cutting-Edge Showcase." These pioneering companies will showcase their solutions next week during our virtual Darcy Live forums, exclusively for Darcy members. Join us to explore their unique P&U innovation and gain insight into earlier-stage #technology that's ripe to make an impact on the industry. The P&U forum will take place on November 14th from 11 - 12:30 pm CST. Please visit the Darcy Connect event page for details on how to attend. Here’s a preview of the innovators: ⏩ EarthGrid PBC provides plasma-based underground boring technology through its proprietary Tunnel Boring Robot (TBR) and Plasma Excavation System (PES). ⏩ Hydronic Shell Technologies retrofits buildings with non-invasive and facade-integrated HVAC technology aimed to address large building electrification and modernization challenges. ⏩ Electreon provides wireless charging solutions for EVs, including its dynamic charging Electric Road System (ERS). ⏩ Silbat Energy Storage Solutions is developing a long-duration (100-hour) thermal energy storage solution using molten silicon. ⏩ EMROD is working to commercialize long-range, wireless power transfer technology for grid applications. Its proprietary power-beaming technology is aimed at achieving safe, reliable, efficient, and scalable transmission of power via electromagnetic energy. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and connect with the future of power!

🎉Announcing the 2H 2024 Darcy "#CuttingEdge" Innovators in Oil and Gas!🎉 We're thrilled to introduce the standout innovators selected for our upcoming Darcy "Cutting-Edge Showcase." These pioneering companies will showcase their solutions next week during our virtual Darcy Live forums, exclusively for Darcy members. Join us to explore their unique O&G innovation and gain insight into earlier-stage #technology that's ripe to make an impact on the industry. The O&G forum will take place on November 13th from 10 - 11 am CST. Please visit the Darcy Connect event page for details on how to attend. Here’s a preview of the innovators: ⏩ Cool Edge Bits Inc. delivers an innovative PDC bit design that enhances durability, efficiency, and cooling for extended drilling in challenging formations. Their unique tangential jet nozzle and 21-port cutter directional ports arrangement directs mud flow, improving chip clearance and bit cooling. ⏩ Drift Wellbore Technologies Ltd. revolutionizes the traditional plug-and-perf stimulation process by eliminating the need for conventional or dissolvable frac plugs. In its place, they install joints with encased dissolvable flapper valves that hold pressure during fracturing operations while removing themselves through chemical dissolution once a stage is complete. ⏩ Integrity Insitu measures geomechanical parameters in situ at true reservoir conditions. Current alternatives are done in core labs with limited ability to replicate reservoir conditions or technologies that estimate geomechanical parameters via secondary calculations. ⏩ Copsys Technologies Inc. offers the Intelligent Digital Skin (CIDS) coating system that detects and pinpoints coating damage and corrosion under insulation (CUI) hotspots in real time. This solution reduces maintenance costs, prevents unexpected failures, and enhances asset integrity through proactive monitoring of critical infrastructure. ⏩ Armada is a full-stack edge connectivity, computing, and AI solutions platform. Armada also offers portable, rapidly deployable mobile data centers and specializes in advanced connectivity solutions with the world's first operating system for Starlink. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and connect with the future of O&G!

🎉Announcing the 2H 2024 Darcy "#CuttingEdge" Innovators in Sustainability!🎉 We're thrilled to introduce the standout innovators selected for our upcoming Darcy "Cutting-Edge Showcase." These pioneering companies will showcase their sustainable solutions next week during our virtual Darcy Live forums, exclusively for Darcy members. Join us to explore their unique #sustainability innovation and gain insight into earlier-stage #technology that's ripe to make an impact on the industry. The Sustainability forum will take place on November 12th from 10 - 11 am CST. Please visit the Darcy Connect event page for details on how to attend. Here’s a preview of the innovators: ⏩ Sceye is a manufacturer of high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) that are capable of flying continuously at around 65,000ft. Sceye offers a distinctive solution in the emissions detection landscape by providing persistent, wide area coverage from the stratosphere. ⏩ H2nanO created tiny, catalyst-coated beads for water treatment that use sunlight to generate oxidants, breaking down contaminants. The reusable catalyst provides a low-energy, non-toxic solution for water treatment. ⏩ TrelliSense provides continuous, long-range methane monitoring with ground-based optical sensors that use sunlight as a spectroscopic source. With solar auto-tracking, each sensor measures methane across several square kilometers. ⏩ Maze Environmental patented a new oil stabilizing process that reduces emissions and can eliminate the need for flaring while swelling oil and lowering operating pressures. Their technology is based on absorption rather than retention time, like typical VRTs, and can be designed as a tankless facility. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and connect with the future of sustainability!

What an incredible point-source carbon capture innovation event we had in Houston! A couple of weeks ago, Darcy Partners brought together over 30 attendees from 22 operators to explore new technologies from six innovators transforming #carboncapture. During the event, each company highlighted their unique approach and applications: ⏩ Entropy Inc: amine-based solvent and heat integration process operating commercially at over 50 ktpa; Glacier Phase 2 reached FID in July 2024. ⏩ ION Clean Energy: Third-gen amine-solvent piloted at Calpine's Los Medanos site, with plans for a >1 Mtpa plant. ⏩ Aqualung Carbon Capture: Amine-based facilitated transport membranes enabling vacuum capture, tested in multiple countries. ⏩ Ardent: Non-amine facilitated transport membrane; 20+ years of industry experience focusing on olefin separation and post-combustion capture. ⏩ Mantel: Molten-salt borate-based sorbent for high-temp capture, to be piloted at a Quebec pulp and paper facility in 2025. ⏩ Mangrove Systems: Digital MRV tool tracking CO₂ in CCUS projects, maximizing revenue via market monitoring. The morning included tech presentations, followed by an operator roundtable in the afternoon, during which users/partners of the presenting innovators (including Calpine, Delek US, Chevron, Shell, and Summit Carbon Solutions) shared their experiences and diligence processes. Thank you to these #Innovators and operators for joining us and making this a fantastic event! Stay tuned for our 2025 Energy Transition events on Carbon Utilization, Storage, Hydrogen, Heat Decarbonization, and more. #AirProducts #CaliforniaResourceCorporation #Calpine #Chevron #Constellation #CRH #DelekUS #Dow #Enbridge #ExxonMobil #Hunt #LyondellBasell #OXY #OCI #Oneok #Sabic #Shell #SummitCarbonSolutions #TCEnergy #Veren #Woodside #EnergyInnovation #DarcyPartners

This Event features a panel of #utilityexperts who discuss how their organization is evolving distribution #gridplanning processes to increasingly incorporate #transportationelectrification. The panel will be moderated by Sean Morash of Telos Energy, lead author of the report, Charging Ahead: Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification. Each panelist shares their utility’s approach to adapting planning tools and frameworks to better account for the impacts of transportation electrification within their service territories, followed by an interactive discussion. Topics covered include: - Diversifying planning processes to include existing, customer-collaborative, and multi-stakeholder approaches - Maintaining reliability and affordability as EV adoption grows - Incorporating emerging technologies into planning processes, such as EV managed charging and advanced grid technologies - Adopting or developing new planning tools that can be used to accurately forecast EV load and its impact to the grid Speakers: ⏩ Sean Morash, Principal at Telos Energy ⏩ Abdulrahman Dan Kargbo, Manager DER Engineering at Exelon ⏩ Meredith Chee, P.E., Senior Planning Engineer, Distribution Planning Hawaiian Electric ⏩ Roger Salas, Principal Manager Distribution System Analysis at Southern California Edison (SCE) Led by Elizabeth (Edie) Wilson Wilson, Research Associate at Darcy Partners Visit the event page to follow the registration steps. Click on the 'View Event' button below! 👇

As the #oilandgas industry evolves, the pursuit of efficiency and productivity has never been more critical. Since Shell pioneered U-shaped, or "horseshoe," wells in the Permian Basin, these innovative designs have transformed how we access and exploit our most promising reservoirs. With the ability to circumvent geographical limitations, #Ushaped wells present a compelling solution for enhancing overall well performance. In our upcoming forum, we will dive deep into the critical elements of planning, execution, and analysis of #UlateralWellOperations. We will spotlight innovative companies leveraging #AIdrivenInsights and #RealTimeDataOptimization to push the boundaries of U-lateral well performance in unconventional reservoirs. #KeyPerformanceIndicators (KPIs) such as return #lateralfootage, #buildrates, and overall #drillingefficiency will be examined, along with operational parameters like hole cleaning and torque & drag. AI Driller, Inc. will share insights from their extensive experience with 10-15 U-lateral wells, providing real-world data to guide our discussion. Additionally, Workrise will present their field management software, offering a unique perspective on effectively managing U-shaped wells. Speakers: ⏩ Darhan Sydykov, Director at AI Driller, Inc. ⏩ Ben Ghez, Account Executive at Workrise ⏩ Michael Johnson, Drilling Manager at Vital Energy Led by Arsalan Ansari, Drilling Research Associate at Darcy Partners Visit the event page to follow the registration steps. Click on the 'View Event' button below! 👇

Breakthrough Conversations on #Decarbonizing #Gas #Utilities This past Tuesday, we hosted a critical #Roundtable at SoCalGas' Energy Resource Center, bringing together 10 leading utility companies to explore innovative pathways to a low-carbon future. Our distinguished presenters shared cutting-edge strategies for transforming the gas utility landscape: ⏩SoCalGas: Angeles Link H2 Pipeline - by Yuri Freedman ⏩FortisBC: Hybrid Heating VPP + Capitalization of Energy Efficiency - by Tyler Bryant and Colin Norman ⏩Pacific Gas and Electric Company: Natural Gas Fuel Cells - by Chris DiGiovanni and Heather Rock ⏩Avista: District Heating with Geothermal Heat Pumps - by Josh DiLuciano ⏩Puget Sound Energy: H2-Fired District Heating - by Niecie Weatherby ⏩Nicor Gas: The role of Natural Gas in the push for decarbonization - by Rachelle Whitacre The dialogue expanded to crucial topics like dual fuel systems, thermal energy networks, energy storage, and carbon capture technologies. These collaborative discussions are vital in mapping our industry's transition, identifying progress, and highlighting areas requiring further research and investment. A heartfelt thanks to all our presenters for their invaluable insights and commitment to driving energy innovation forward. Your expertise and vision are pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry. Our collective journey towards an innovative, sustainable energy future continues! #EnergyTransition #Decarbonization #Innovation*