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Archives: Methane Library Items

The North Sea Methane Action Plan

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Enagás: Tackling methane emissions in the downstream segment

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Chevron: Managing methane in shale and tight assets in the United States

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Colombia becomes first South American country to regulate methane from oil and gas

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Tackling emissions at home and abroad: EU Methane Strategy and proposed regulation

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Abating vented emissions in transmission networks

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Curtailing flaring and venting: New Mexico Methane Strategy

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

Reducing methane slips from flaring: Flare.IQ

By Matt BarryJuly 12, 2022

OGMP 2.0 Flare Efficiency TGD

By Matt BarryMay 6, 2022

There are two types of flares, elevated and ground flares. Elevated flares are more common and typically have larger capacities than ground flares.

OGMP 2.0 Purging and Venting TGD

By Matt BarryMay 6, 2022

Venting is the intentional release of gas (or methane-containing vapors) to the atmosphere, typically required by the design, operation, construction and commissioning, or maintenance of the equipment.

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The North Sea Methane Action Plan

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Enagás: Tackling methane emissions in the downstream segment

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Chevron: Managing methane in shale and tight assets in the United States

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Colombia becomes first South American country to regulate methane from oil and gas

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Tackling emissions at home and abroad: EU Methane Strategy and proposed regulation

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Abating vented emissions in transmission networks

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Curtailing flaring and venting: New Mexico Methane Strategy

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Reducing methane slips from flaring: Flare.IQ

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OGMP 2.0 Flare Efficiency TGD

There are two types of flares, elevated and ground flares. Elevated flares are more common and typically have larger capacities than ground flares.

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OGMP 2.0 Purging and Venting TGD

Venting is the intentional release of gas (or methane-containing vapors) to the atmosphere, typically required by the design, operation, construction and commissioning, or maintenance of the equipment.

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Ipieca-IOGP-World Bank GGFR flaring management guidance-ES

La quema en antorcha se utiliza para gestionar el gas natural (‘asociado’)

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Ipieca-IOGP-World Bank GGFR flaring management guidance-RU

Факельное сжигание применяется для утилизации природного («попутного»)

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Ipieca-IOGP-World Bank GGFR flaring management guidance-AR

دراسات حالة لمشروعات خفضحرق

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Ipieca-IOGP-World Bank GGFR flaring management guidance-EN

Flaring is used to manage the natural (‘associated’) gas produced as a co-product during oil extraction, routinely or as the result of an unscheduled event.

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Ipieca -IOGP-World Bank GGFR flaring management guidance

To tackle climate-related risks and meet the aim of the Paris Agreement, society needs to manage and mitigate CO2 and methane emissions

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MGP Best Practice Guide: Venting

Venting simply means releasing gas arising from a process or activity straight into the atmosphere.

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Eni: Investing in flaring reduction

The company is pursuing a broad set of initiatives to achieve this goal, focusing on efficiency gains, methane emissions reduction, portfolio shifts towards lower and zero carbon energy sources, and carbon capture and storage.

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MARCOGAZ - Recommendations on Venting and Flaring

On October 14th, 2020, in the context of the European Green Deal, the European Commission released a communication on the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions – COM (2020) 663 final.

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Wintershall Noordzee - Pigging reduction

Wintershall Noordzee (JV Wintershall Dea Gazprom) Offshore The Netherlands, Block K13 pigging station Reduction of Pigging frequency and use of vent gas for power generation.

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Terega - Flaring instead of venting

Terega, a company that operates a transmission system, regularly performs work which requires gas to be vented from pipelines. If gas

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SOCAR - Associated gas utilisation

Best Practice: Venting, Engineering Design and Construction.

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SNAM - Pipeline pump-down

Best Practice: Operational Repairs; Venting

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SNAM - Hot tapping

Hot tapping is an alternative procedure that makes a new pipeline connection while the pipeline remains in service.

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QP - Gas recovery

Best Practice: Flaring; Engineering Design and Construction

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NEDGIA - Commissioning with vacuum pumps

Once the tightness test on a new section of network has successfully finished, but before commissioning, the inner air is purged using a vacuum pump, which extracts the air from the new section.

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GRDF - Third-party damage

Implementing analysis and feedback after third-party damage; improving the accuracy of maps of the network; creating partnerships with relevant stakeholders; raise public awareness of the risk of third-party damage.

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Equinor - Venting and flaring

Reduction of vented gas from glycol regeneration

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Reducing methane emissions: Flaring

MGP Best Practice Guide: Flaring

Flares burn flammable gases that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Flaring in upstream oil and gas operations may be needed for safety reasons, because of a lack of capacity to use produced gases, or as a part of…

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