U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer NextDecade Corp. is teaming up with Project Canary to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with cargoes from the planned Rio Grande export facility in Texas, an effort the companies said is the first of its kind in the global LNG industry.

The joint pilot project would focus on monitoring, reporting and independent third-party measurement and certification of the GHG intensity of cargoes to be sold from the 27 million metric tonnes/year Rio Grande LNG export facility in the Port of Brownsville, TX.

NextDecade has taken a number of steps of late to lower Rio Grande LNG’s carbon footprint following reports last year the French government had nixed a proposed offtake deal with utility Engie SA over concerns about emissions....