As the COVID-19 pandemic situation continues to unfold, the EERL is working to ensure that our research progresses, while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our students and staff. Unfortunately, many components of our research are being impacted due to University closures and restricted lab access, restrictions on travel for field measurements, and postponements or cancellations of meetings and academic conferences. Nevertheless, several aspects of our work are advancing well as we focus on data analysis and publication of work to date (notably including recent methane field measurement successes in British Columbia) and detailed design of a novel ruggedized methane sensor for field deployment to measure storage tank and casing gas emission (as part of our Natural Resources Canada Clean Growth Program project in partnership with INO).
The EERL wishes everyone good health during these extraordinary times and we remain optimistic for exciting developments and accelerated progress in the near term.