Glasgow-based pump manufacturer Torishima UK helping develop 'breakthrough' oil and gas device

Scottish manufacturer selected to help realise “game-changer” device looking to make oil and gas fields more eco-friendly.

It is hoped that the 'UK engineering breakthrough' could reduce CO2 emissions caused by flaring and venting from oil and gas fields (file image). Picture: AFP via Getty Images.

A Glasgow firm has been chosen to play a crucial role in bringing to life a device described as a UK engineering “breakthrough” with the potential to significantly reduce harmful emissions from offshore oil and gas facilities.

The new technology, known as EcoGuard, has been invented by Yorkshire-based sealing specialist Aesseal, and has been hailed as a “game-changer”, with hopes that it could solve the problem of emission-releasing flaring and venting from oil and gas fields, and be retrofitted to and extend the life of existing rigs around the world. The firm cites data from the North Sea Transition Authority finding that flaring is responsible for a fifth of UK offshore oil and gas production-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 1 per cent of total UK annual emissions of the gas.