Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Tuesday it has launched a pilot program with environmental monitoring company Project Canary to continuously measure methane emissions and obtain certification that natural gas from Marcellus and Haynesville shale wells is responsibly produced.

The agreement includes select well pads in Northeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Louisiana, but the companies said the partnership could be expanded based on initial findings and market conditions. 

Chesapeake would use Project Canary’s on-site emissions monitoring technology and its TrustWell certification process to verify that the natural gas is responsibly produced, or extracted using the highest environmental standards possible. 

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