2023 Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge Announces Chosen Companies

DENVER - Sept. 18, 2023 - PRLog -- Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA) has announced the 13 technology companies selected to present at the 10th annual Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge (OGCC) on October 11, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. Finalists were selected from a competitive international pool of applicants.

The OGCC is one in a series of Cleantech Challenges that connect large industry partners directly to innovative clean technology solutions. The 2023 call for applications asked for companies capable of working on issues related to advanced air especially methane detection or control, carbon capture utilization and storage, water, items to reduce truck traffic, space saving items to reduce footprint, power management, plant or biological solutions, advanced biological solutions, solid pollution reduction, hydrogen and hydrogen infrastructure, and other applicable technologies.

Submissions were vetted and program sponsors selected 13 companies as finalists to present during the program. Finalists will pitch their technologies to major Oil & Gas companies and investors represented by the program partners.

CCIA developed the OGCC in partnership with an internationally recognized team of industry leaders, including bpx energy, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Ovintiv, Altira, Halliburton Labs, Colorado Energy Office, Holland & Hart, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade and Consulate General of Canada in Denver.

Companies selected to present include:

• Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc
• Anax Power
• Clean Connect
• Cowboy Clean Fuels
• Direct-C Limited
• Mantel Capture, Inc
• Pioneer Energy
• Plastic 2 Green, Inc
• Prabhu Energy Labs
• Questor Technology, Inc
• Renewell Energy
• Undesert Corporation
• VL Energy Ltd

"CCIA is excited to be partnering with industry leaders and innovators at our technology scouting event with the goal of bringing cleaner solutions to the energy industry. Our partners utilize this important program to efficiently vet promising, early-stage companies and discover technology applications that will ultimately improve their operations and move us closer to a sustainable energy future," said Laura Hickernell, Interim Executive Director of CCIA.

About Colorado Cleantech Industries Association

Founded in 2008, CCIA is a statewide, industry-led, industry-focused organization dedicated to promoting Colorado's cleantech industry. CCIA impacts Colorado's policies, people, products and programs that drive expansion of a cleaner, cheaper, more efficient and secure energy economy. Through advocacy, public policy leadership, development and education, CCIA works to ensure that Colorado is a global cleantech leader. For more information, visit http://www.coloradocleantech.com.