Call for Papers

Stream 1: Natural gas 2.0

Natural gas currently meets over 25% of the global direct energy consumption. It is the most flexible and dispatchable fuel source.  Applications range from industrial to commercial to residential and as a transportation fuel.  Natural gas generates electricity and is a crucial industrial feedstock.  IGRC2024 will showcase the latest innovations and technological developments and leading practices in the areas of production, delivery and utilization.

The natural gas 2.0 stream will bring together people involved in academic research, technology development, innovation, and leading practices, in the following areas:

• Improvements in natural gas production, particularly in reducing the environmental footprint
• Efficiency improvements in production, transport and distribution, storage, or utilization
• Electrification and hybridization of natural gas systems in upstream, midstream, and downstream
• Carbon capture, utilization, and storage applications
• Solutions for decreased land impact or water use
• Waste heat reduction and usage
• New business models for production
• Advances in LNG technologies
• Innovations in Natural Gas use as transportation fuel

Stream 2: Methane emissions reduction

IGRC2024 will be a venue to showcase and exchange leading practices in detecting, measuring, documenting and reducing methane emissions. Reduction in methane emissions represents one of the most practical and significant areas for action by the industry to meet GHG emission reduction targets. It is consistent with the long-standing safety culture of the gas industry.

The methane emissions stream will bring together people involved in academic research, technology development, innovation, and leading practices, in the following areas:

• Advancements in sensor technology for methane detection
• Advancements in satellite monitoring and measurement
• Improved remote land and air remote detection (fixed wing, drones, robots, and robot dogs)
• Vehicle mounted detection
• Reduction of methane emissions in gas infrastructure and end use application technologies

Stream 3: Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) certification

Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) certification is an exciting opportunity that is being explored for the gas value chain to be recognized for its investments in environmental innovation and to obtain third party validation for its leadership in reducing its environmental impacts.

IGRC2024 will present different methods and approaches, developed in different countries around the world, demonstrating the benefits of responsibly sourced gas (RSG) certification to encourage innovation.

Submissions should explore the attributes of RSG certification tools, and the application and effectiveness of RSG standards, measurement, and reporting.

The RSG certification stream will bring together people involved in academic research, technology development, innovation, and leading practices, in the following areas:

• Measurement, registration, and reporting for reduced Carbon Intensity
• Measurement, registration, and reporting for ESG
• Methane credits
• Life cycle assessments
• Block chain certification
• Low emission LNG
• Creating markets for certified RSG

Stream 4: Renewable methane

IGRC2024 will showcase technical and market solutions for the production of renewable methane such as biogas, biomethane and Synthetic Natural Gas. Renewable methane lowers emissions and can be delivered through existing natural gas pipelines and distribution networks, making it one of the viable fuels of the future while leveraging existing technology and infrastructure.  

Submissions should explore the technological advances in production or the impact on the gas infrastructure, including end use technologies, of renewable methane.

The renewable methane stream will bring together people involved in academic research, technology development, innovation, and leading practices, in the following areas:

• Biological or chemical production of renewable methane
• Admixture and/or blending of renewable methane in the gas grid
• Direct use of renewable methane
• Making the most of limited biogenic resources through increasing CH4 and CO2 yield
• Optimization and purification approaches to facilitate injection and reduce risk mitigation, including methanation
• Bio-LNG
• Use of biogenic CO2
• Negative emissions accounting

Stream 5: Hydrogen

IGRC2024 will showcase technological advancements in hydrogen storage, injection with natural gas and distribution through gas infrastructure. Hydrogen is an innovative fuel which can help reduce GHG emissions in a variety of applications, globally.

Submissions should explore the technological advances in production or the potential impact on the gas infrastructure of hydrogen.

The hydrogen stream will bring together people involved in academic research, technology development, innovation, and leading practices, in the following areas:

• Further decreasing the climate impact of hydrogen production from natural gas
• Mitigating the impact of hydrogen blending on the gas infrastructure
• Injection of hydrogen in the gas grid: what are the implications and limits
• End use applications using direct or blended hydrogen
• Hydrogen leakage
• Hydrogen storage in caverns, depleted gas fields or aquifers

Stream 6: Digital transformation

IGRC2024 will be the venue to explore innovative digital models and data driven solutions to enhance safety, reliability and efficiency of the natural gas industry from production to end-use. Digital transformation of the natural gas industry promotes sustainability and solutions for integration with other energy systems of the future.

Submissions should address applications across the value chain of the industry covering design, planning, training, operation, inspection, or maintenance. These digital applications should contribute to core or emerging energy systems’ safety, reliability, and sustainability:

The digital transformation stream will bring together people interested in the development or application of research, development, innovation, and new digital solutions for:

• Design and optimization of increasingly integrated centralized energy systems and distributed energy systems
• Gas operations optimization to integrate new gases
• Accelerating training and assessment
• Remote and centralized control centers and operations
• Emerging energy businesses and services, including digital credentials for low emission gases, environmental assessment, and impact reduction, and end-users' energy management systems
• Assets management, optimization, and automation, including LNG operations, and pipeline and equipment inspection
• Digital twins
• Cybersecurity implications of digital operations
• Digital transformation strategies for the Gas Industry
• Other emerging solutions