Methane Emissions

The natural gas and oil sector has demonstrated the reduction of methane emissions through improving detection methods, according to a report of companies that represent about 70% of U.S. onshore operations. The Environmental Partnership’s fifth annual report noted that methane emissions came down from various actions, which included replacing natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers with low-…

Canada’s plans to sharply reduce the natural gas and oil industry’s methane emissions, considered the most potent greenhouse gas (GHG), were front and center at recent energy conferences in Calgary and New York City. Canada’s Catherine Stewart, the country’s ambassador for Climate Change, predicted at the Climate Week conference in New York that draft regulations…

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., the nation’s largest natural gas interstate pipeline system, is partnering with Duke Energy Corp. on a methane monitoring project in North Carolina with about $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.  Duke’s Methane Monitoring Platform Extension project would expand on the company’s established monitoring system to work…

A new study posits that natural gas vehicle (NGV) manufacturers may be able to further reduce emissions compared to gasoline cars, removing as much as 90% of unburned methane from engine exhausts. Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory in California recently published their findings after…

Australia and the United States, respectively the world’s second and third largest LNG producers, have agreed along with major natural gas buyers to reduce methane emissions and leaks across the export value chain. The two major liquefied natural gas producers and representatives from the European Commission (EC), Japan and South Korea signed a joint statement…

Natural gas and oil operators may see more stringent reporting requirements under a proposal issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “improve the accuracy of reported emissions,” including methane. The proposed rules would amend reporting requirements under EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program. The revisions, if approved, would apply to “petroleum and natural…

An open-access methane intensity index, designed to provide regulatory and financial benchmarks, may offer a credible step for U.S. natural gas producers to verify their supplies. The data inputs are used to derive regional methane emission estimates, according to MiQ and Highwood Emissions Management (HEM), which launched the index earlier this month. The index represents…

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is proposing a new rule to improve the detection and repair of leaks from gas pipelines. The proposed rule would apply to pipelines as well as natural gas storage and liquefied natural gas facilities, according to PHMSA. “Quick detection of methane leaks is…

Denver-based PureWest Energy LLC has completed a blockchain-verified digital token transaction with Proman to help the Swiss-based methanol producer reduce its natural gas-heavy global emissions footprint. Made possible through a partnership with Project Canary and EarnDTL, PureWest’s emissions data was minted into transactable, certified environmental tokens (CET) to help Proman reduce global customers’ Scope 3…