SY021
Science-Driven Policies to Address Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Supply Chain

Session ID#: 158972

Session Description:
Methane emissions from the oil and gas (O&G) supply-chain has emerged as a critical component of global climate action. Over 100 countries have signed the Global Methane Pledge to cut emissions by 30% by 2030. In parallel, new market mechanisms like responsible or certified gas, emissions tags, and low leakage supply-chains are gaining momentum.

This session will focus on policies that address long-term emissions challenges associated with the O&G supply chain. We invite studies that report on industry actions to reduce methane and other pollutants, role of new technologies in emerging measurement, recordkeeping, and verification (MRV) programs, flexible national and global policy approaches, and the future of data analytics in monitoring global emissions. 

This session will engage experts from the industry, government, and academia on emerging approaches to address methane from the O&G supply chain. We are also interested in case studies of effective collaborative frameworks in advancing mitigation goals  as well as empirical observations of policy effectiveness and approaches to verify emissions reductions.

Index Terms:

1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6304 Benefit-cost analysis [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6324 Legislation and regulations [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6339 System design [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Arvind P Ravikumar, University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Clay Bell, Colorado State University, Energy Institute, Fort Collins, United States, Alan Strayer, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, United States and Navodi Jayarathne, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Navodi Jayarathne, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, United States
 
The role(s) of remote sensing in reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain (Invited) (1082227)
Riley M Duren1,2, Deborah Gordon3, Daniel Cusworth1,2, Mackenzie Huffman2, Andrew K Thorpe4, Daniel Zimmerle5, Benjamin Hmiel6, Jason Schroeder7, Daniel Bon8, Carrie Jenks9 and Robert Leonard Kleinberg10, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (2)Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, United States, (3)RMI, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (6)Environmental Defense Fund, New York, United States, (7)California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA, United States, (8)The State of Colorado, Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, United States, (9)Harvard University, Environmental and Energy Law Program, Cambridge, United States, (10)Boston University, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Boston, MA, United States
 
Differentiated Gas: Principles for Scientifically Rigorous Assessment of Oil and Gas Supply Chain Methane Emissions (1162711)
David Richard Lyon, Environmental Defense Fund, Austin, United States, Dan Grossman, Environmental Defense Fund Boulder, Boulder, United States and Maureen Lackner, Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Sunglint-aided Methane Retrieval: Using Sentinel-2 to Detect and Quantify Offshore Oil and Gas Emissions (1182742)
Katherine Howell, Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, United States, Kyle Bergerson, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, United States, Ephrata Yohannes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States and Ashley Fernando, City of Los Angeles, Sanitation, San Pedro, United States
 
Cheniere’s QMRV R&D Program – Why? What? And So What? (1186773)
Selina Roman-White1, Greg Ross1, Fiji George1, Adam Beasley1, Robert Fee2 and Tim Wyatt1, (1)Cheniere Energy Inc., Houston, United States, (2)Cheniere Energy Inc., London, United Kingdom
 
Quantifying Nationwide Associations between Pipeline Infrastructure, Methane Leakage, and Ownership Type of Natural Gas Distribution Systems (1187623)
Erin Polka1, Christopher Rick1, Zeyneb Magavi2, Dominic Nicholas3 and Jonathan Buonocore4, (1)Boston University School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States, (2)HEET, Cambridge, United States, (3)HEET, Boston, United States, (4)Boston University, School of Public Health, Environmental Health, Boston, United States
 
Advanced Large-Scale Methodology to Create Measurement Informed Methane Emission Estimates – Veritas: A GTI Energy Methane Emissions Measurement and Verification Initiative (1191789)
Christopher W Moore1, Amanda Harmon2, Erin Blanton2, Xing Wong2, Matthew Harrison3, Thomas Fox4 and Jessica Shumlich4, (1)Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL, United States, (2)Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, United States, (3)SLR International Corporation, New Braunfels, TX, United States, (4)Highwood Emissions Management, Calgary, AB, Canada
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