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SPE is firmly focused on the future of our industry. Here, our member experts focus on methane emissions, management and the goals of net zero. Join in the discussion of new technologies, challenges and opportunities, the latest news and developments, and resources to grow your knowledge.
Examining New Technologies and Opportunities
Latest Methane News: Journal of Petroleum Technology
eBook—Managing and Reducing Methane Emissions in Upstream Oil and Gas
06 May 2024
The oil and gas industry makes up 40% of all anthropogenic methane emissions because of
leaks at the wellsite. Fortunately, the well pad is often where methane emissions are easiest to address through a mitigation strategy of optimized maintenance and process control—all enabled by instrumentation insight.
A Practical Framework for Oil and Gas Operators to Estimate Methane Emission Duration Using Operational Data
06 May 2024
Heightened focus on methane emissions management spurs a new conceptual framework to aid in determining the duration of detected methane emissions, data that may be useful to stakeholders responsible for measurement-informed emission protocols.
A Grand Challenge: Net-Zero Operations—Changing the Definition of “Business as Usual”
01 May 2024
At COP28, more than 50 oil and gas companies took a historic step toward decarbonization by launching the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter. This article explores the importance of this effort, the opportunities available to the industry to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and the key technologies needed to achieve the net-zero goal.
Commentary: To Meet Global Methane Goals, Improve Gas Data
25 March 2024
The availability of robust, measurement-informed emissions information across global supply chains is critical to the success of any target-based methane policy. Yet very few countries can provide robust data on emissions intensity across natural gas value chains.
Australia’s Santos Signs on With Global Zero Methane and Flaring Goals
23 February 2024
The Australian oil and gas company said the new commitments underscore its goal to achieve net zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040.
Google To Share Oil and Gas Methane Leaks Spotted From Space
21 February 2024
The company plans to overlay data from the MethaneSAT satellite onto its Google maps to assist in understanding which types of oil and gas equipment tend to leak most.
The Fundamentals:
Learn or Expand Your Methane Knowledge
Webinars
New Technologies for Flaring Elimination & Methane Emissions Measurement: discussion of the current state of two key technologies for oilfield methane management—flaring elimination and remote sensing.
Accessing Third-Party Resources and Best Practices on Methane Emissions Management, Reporting, Measurement & Abatement: explanation of why methane is of concern, methane guiding principles initiative, best practice guides and methane management tools.
Training Courses
Methane Emission Measurement & Mitigation (MEMM): includes a view of best practices for Carbon Management with a focus on fugitive methane reduction. It will include global and local examples of Carbon Regulations, give tools for de-risking regulatory compliances and field-proven methane reduction technology cases.
Deeper Dive: Trending Papers and Proceedings from OnePetro©
- Development of Methods for Top-Down Methane Emission Measurements of Oil and Gas Facilities in an Offshore Environment Using a Miniature Methane Spectrometer and Long-Endurance UAS
- Application of Long Endurance UAS for Top-Down Methane Emission Measurements of Oil and Gas Facilities in an Offshore Environment
- Strategy Optimization and Technology Evaluation for Oil and Gas Methane Emission Detection
- How Effective LDAR Campaigns Contribute to Minimizing Methane Emissions
- Our Industry's Journey in Measuring Methane Emissions and Where We're Going from Here
- Monitoring of Methane Emissions in Oil and Gas from Space: Matching Needs with Satellite System Capability, and Advantages of High Resolution Monitoring
- Ubiquitous Sensing Network for Continuous Monitoring and Quantification of Methane Emissions
- From Data to Actionable Insight: Monitoring Fugitive Methane Emissions at Oil and Gas Facilities Using Satellites
- Long Term, Periodic Aerial Surveys Cost Effectively Mitigate Methane Emissions
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