Articles tagged methane

Domestic natural gas producers are going to be under increasing pressure to differentiate the methane intensity of their LNG cargoes as Europe cracks down on greenhouse gas emissions, according to experts.

Natural gas venting and flaring rates by U.S. operators fell to an 18-year low in 2023, based on preliminary state level data gathered by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Equitrans Midstream Corp. $1.1 million for a storage well that leaked 1 Bcf of natural gas into the atmosphere for more than 10 days in November 2022. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has finalized a rule designed to curb methane pollution from oil and natural gas production on federal and Tribal lands, in part by collecting royalty payments on flared gas.

Oil and natural gas industry groups expressed disappointment with a long-anticipated proposal published this month by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to place a fee on excess methane emissions from large oil and gas operations.

In 10 months, on Oct. 1, 2024, Mexico’s new president will take office, and the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador will end. Members of the Mexican energy industry told NGI’s Mexico GPI they are hopeful for a change in energy policies that have at times stalled and frustrated the sector during the past five years.

Project Canary, which moved the natural gas industry toward the ubiquitous use of “responsibly sourced gas,” or RSG, has expanded its reach to help customers measure and analyze environmental risks and emissions. 

Mexico’s state oil and natural gas giant Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, is working to improve its environmental, social and governance (ESG) scorecard.

Federal funding is on tap to alleviate the costs for natural gas and oil producers to reduce and monitor their methane emissions.

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.