Malaysian energy player PETRONAS, advocates for natural gas and liquefied natural gas as a low carbon and cleaner fuel. This allows the national oil company (NOC) to strike a balance between providing energy in a secure, affordable and sustainable manner, while contributing to economic growth and a better quality of life.
IOGP has put the topic of methane, and the work being done by MGP, firmly in the spotlight in their latest ‘Pulse’ newsletter. Read full article →
A Methane Emissions Reduction Workshop, co-hosted by Woodside Energy, Beijing Gas and the China Gas Association (CGA), was hosted during the China Gas Development Forum in Chengdu under the Methane Guiding Principles (MGP) framework. Ms. Han Jinli, Chief Engineer of Beijing Gas, moderated the workshop. She pointed out that methane emissions control across the complete…
The Methane Guiding Principles welcomes PAO NOVATEK as its newest signatory to the Methane Guiding Principles initiative with immediate effect. NOVATEK is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia. The Company is principally engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons and have more than 20 years of…
Joint IOGP-IPIECA-OGCI project to develop industry recommended practices for deploying methane detection and quantification technologies Read full article →
The Chinese versions of the Methane Guiding Principles (MGP) Best Practices Guides were jointly released online by Beijing Gas, MGP and Environmental Defense fund (EDF). Beijing Gas led the translation efforts with support from EDF.
Collaborative steps to tackle methane emissions were the focus of a feature published in the member magazine of the Energy Institute, the professional membership body for the energy industry and a supporting organisation of the Methane Guiding Principles. Download PDF →
The guidelines identify in a comprehensive manner the key elements of the process to establish a target and also address how to keep track of progress once a target is set. They also give an overview of industry’s achievements so far in this field. GIE, IOGP and MARCOGAZ encourage and recommend that gas industry companies…
Signatory companies to the Methane Guiding Principles have committed to undertake a broad range of actions to strengthen the management of methane emissions throughout the oil and gas industry. At a meeting in London on 16 January, companies agreed to host and fund training courses targeted at Executive level staff as well those directly responsible…
In November 2019, MARCOGAZ published the assessment of methane emissions for gas transmission and distribution system operators. This document gives coherent technical guidance to gas grid operators to assess their methane emissions in accordance with a harmonized and transparent method. The principles of this methodology can also be applied to other parts of the gas…