Advantage secures heavyweight CCS backing

New partnership for Canadian producer’s carbon-capture JV aims to drive further expansion

Advantage Energy has taken one of the more of radical and ambitious approaches among Canadian oil and gas producers to prepare for the global energy transition. The Calgary-based company, in partnership with process engineering firm Allardyce Bower Consulting, established a modular carbon capture and storage (MCCS) joint venture (JV), called Entropy, in March 2021. Its goal is to become a global leader in the design, development and construction of MCCS post-combustion technology for a wide range of industrial emitters—including oil and gas processors, LNG facilities, power generators, and cement and steel plants. And Entropy appears to be making good progress: at the end of March, it receiv