EPA Seeks Input On Quantifying Oil & Gas Sector Voluntary Methane Cuts

摘要

EPA is seeking input on how companies taking part in its voluntary program to cut oil and gas sector methane levels should quantify reductions in the potent greenhouse gas (GHG), floating a method to quantify the methane cuts achieved across all facilities rather than using a "best management practices" option some industry groups prefer. In a Nov. 24 document, EPA is floating for stakeholder feedback some of the details of its "One Future" option for quantifying emissions under its pending "Methane Challenge" voluntary program. Details that the agency is seeking feedback on include the industry segments in which methane emissions would be quantified, the methods for quantifying those emissions, and the corresponding data elements to be reported by drilling operations.