The Danish Offshore Technology Conference 2024 was hosted by Technical University of Denmark’s (DTU) Offshore Technology Centre on 19th Nov 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This year’s theme was Future of the North Sea, Scenarios for the Offshore Energy Transition.
Attendees and keynote presenters shared their insights into the North Sea’s potential for the transition to renewable energy and the climate targets of 2030/2050. Discussions centered around which technologies should drive the offshore energy transition and how Denmark and Europe could expand offshore renewable energy, tackle challenges, and reach the goal of exploiting the North Sea’s full potential.
Metharc presented its philosophy for how we should adapt the energy cycle to generate H2 production in the wellbore from the exploitation (not production) of methane reserves. This process is designed to save cost, improve overall life cycle process efficiencies, and create a free, sustainable, biproduct of at-source carbon capture and storage (CCS). The potential emissions reduction impact could be very significant. Also, by simultaneously capturing carbon downhole, the future need for atmospheric capture of this same unit of carbon is eliminated downstream of the well. To make the biggest climate impact, we believe society should focus on the root-cause of global warming (i.e., oi & gas production and use). We are prioritizing energy security by learning how to consume these energy reserves in a climate beneficial way, maintaining energy delivery, while focusing on a rapid reduction in carbon production from the wellbore.
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A big thanks to Charlotte Larsen and the Technical University of Denmark’s (DTU) Offshore Technology Centre for extending the invitation to Metharc and allowing us to present our vision to the debate.
We are a Danish deep-tech startup, developing novel hydrogen production & CCS technology for the oil & gas, biogas and geothermal industries.
Energy Security, with Zero Carbon to Surface
