About Westgen Technologies

About Westgen

Westgen’s purpose is to Empower the Energy Evolution. As society’s needs and expectations change, the proportions and characteristics of the energy sources that make up our mix will change over time. We call this the “energy evolution”. We believe that the oil and gas industry will be a leader in creating the sustainable energy solutions the world needs. Westgen aims to be a catalyst of this change by creating solutions which meet the economic, operational, and technical application needs of our customers.

One of these solutions is Westgen’s EPOD, a solar-hybrid power generation system which eliminates methane venting from pneumatic systems, reducing emissions by up to 99.5%. The EPOD is designed to be standardized but scalable. It can be configured to supply sites with compressed air and/or electricity, for any number of pneumatic devices, on or off grid. Beyond emissions reductions, the patented EPOD reduces operating costs, improves reliability, and generates carbon credits for oil and gas producers.

We enable our customers to not only reduce emissions, but also to prove they have done so. Westgen’s EPOD is equipped with a digital platform which measures, records, and validates emission reductions providing an auditable record of emissions performance. Our customers use this data to generate carbon credits, inform sustainability reports, and pursue certification for responsibly sourced gas (RSG).”

Ben Klepacki

President & CEO

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Ben Klepacki is a mechanical engineer from Queens University with over a decade of Engineering and Project Management experience. Ben specialized in power generation at Queens, working with the University at the National Fuel Cell Research Center (FCRC).

Ben started his professional career in Construction Management at an Alternative Energy company before moving into Facilities and Pipeline design for Oil and Gas. Here Ben carved out a niche designing well-pad sites and small facilities in Northern Alberta and British Columbia.

In 2014 Ben started his own business as a consultant and worked with various clients, successfully reducing well-pad capital costs by up to 50% on a per well basis and reducing installation time to near half.

Ben perceived a technological gap in power generation options while overseeing the engineering and construction of facilities. This lead to the idea for Westgen’s EPOD.