The role of the industry in reducing methane emissions · biomethane plants LNG carrier: ship...
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Reflecting
Situationin Europe
Workachieved
Ongoinginitiatives,projects,
next steps
Challenges and gaps Identified
Entire gas value chain
All methane emissions
Covering
The role of the industry in reducing methane
emissions
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From production to utilisation, including
biomethane plants
LNG carrier: ship
ProductionGathering and
processingUpstream transport
Liquefaction
Transmission and storage
Terminal (storage)
Distribution
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Current status of EU CH4 emissions (data 2016)
CO2
81%
F-Gases3%
N2O5%
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CH4
gas sector
Total EU GHG emissions (in CO2-eq)
CH4 emissions from natural gas operations
Source: Elaborated by the authors based on European European Environment Agency GHG report
CH4 emissions per source
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Gas industry activities to reduce methane
emissions
BATs + Innovation
Identification QuantificationDetection Reporting Verification Mitigation
✓ The industry has been routinely conducting identification, detection, quantification and
mitigation of methane emissions for a long time, as a safety requirement.
✓ In more recent past, gas operators have further expanded such activities also for environmental
reasons to reduce the footprint of natural gas.
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Summary of existing activities to reduce
methane emissions
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Challenges and gaps vs. potential actions
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Gas industry initiatives
✓ Gas industry contributes to increasing transparencyvia studies, research, analysis and initiatives, in orderto overcome the uncertainty about methaneemissions.
✓ Several collaboration initiatives (on voluntary basis).
✓ Many gas companies have already establishedtheir own targets. This shows thecommitment of the gas industry to continuewith the effort to achieve additionalreductions.
✓ There is a significant dispersion in targetsetting in the different companies, mainlyregarding scope, ambition and timeframe.
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GHG and methane emissions existing targets
GHG emisions targets
CH4 emissions targets
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✓ Development of a roadmap/action plan covering the potential actions
✓ Define the framework for a forum /platform on methane emissions (at least EU andnon-EU gas industry, other sectors responsible for CH4 emissions)
✓ Dissemination activities and training programmes to be organised between GIE andMARCOGAZ based on the report, highlighting reporting and mitigation practices/keyBATs
Way forward