Methane Observatory Launched to Boost Action on Powerful Climate-Warming Gas
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from the European Union, today launched a new Observatory to drive action on reducing methane emissions – a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for at least a quarter of the current climate warming.
A Project Led by 14 European Gas Infrastructure Operators and Associations Will Boost New Technologies to Curb Methane Emissions
The European Gas Research Group (GERG) has kick-started a first-of-its-kind research project to test the most promising site-level technologies to quantify methane emissions in midstream assets, thereby reaffirming the crucial role of gas infrastructures in the energy transition.
MGP Members Organize the Methane Emissions Control Initiative for Chinese City Gas Companies
Chengdu Gas, ChongQing Gas, GuangZhou Gas, GuiZhou Gas, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, HangZhou Gas, HaiNan MinSheng Piping Gas, ShaanXi Gas, ShangHai Gas and ShenZhen Gas signed the “Chinese City Gas Company Methane Emissions Control Initiative” in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
Gas System Operators in Joint Effort to Continue Curbing Emissions and to Support the Global Methane Pledge
Representing around 4% of total European methane emissions, gas system operators have significantly decreased methane emissions since 1990, thanks to the implementation of several mitigation measures.
UK Oil and Gas Sector Takes Global Lead on Methane Reductions
The UK offshore oil and gas industry has made a new public pledge to cut its methane emissions just a month ahead of the landmark United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).