methane

Texas A&M University-Qatar in collaboration with the SPE Qatar Section conducted a 2-day virtual workshop on flow assurance, carbon reduction, and digitalization. Participants included more than 200 professionals associated with academia, research institutes, and industry from 23 countries.

A methane-quantification tool was developed by Petronas on the basis of applicable methane sources listed in guidelines produced by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative.

Satellite imaging of methane emissions offers the fossil fuel industry the empirical data it needs to fix problems that companies might not even know they have before the EPA starts to levy fines in 2024.

The company says its methane intensity has gone down by more than 50% since 2016.

Experts speaking at a climate conference in London noted that the technology to detect leakages from oil and gas has been ramping up in the past 5 years, making mitigation feasible.

Chevron assets in Texas and Colorado have earned high marks for control of methane emissions under a pilot program with Project Canary, paving the way for its sale of responsibly sourced gas.

The oil giant launched its Bakken crypto pilot in January 2021 and now is considering expanding it to Nigeria, Argentina, Guyana, and Germany, according to people familiar with the matter.

The agency’s new Global Methane Tracker analysis reports that methane emissions from the energy sector are 70% higher than official figures.

Pennsylvania regulators have released a long-awaited final draft of rules to cut releases of methane from the state’s existing oil and natural gas well sites, but they will still not require companies to find and fix leaks at tens of thousands of low-producing wells.

Methane continues to escape at a high rate from oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin, according to an aerial survey that detected major methane plumes from 40% of 900 sites that were measured.