Methane Emission Monitoring: Past, Present and Proposed Future

The presentation will focus on Alberta’s Methane Emissions program, the implementation, measurement, monitored and reported for the upstream oil and gas sector. With a review of the most recent of the Upstream Petroleum Industry Emissions report, including overall emission reduction trajectory towards meeting the 2025 methane reduction target. The discussion will also focus on reporting discrepancies between reported venting volumes to the Petrinex system vs. the reported venting volumes in the OneStop system. Lastly, the presentation will touch on information of potential proposed changes to measurement, monitoring and reporting frameworks will be discussed including red-tape reduction initiatives.

Speaker: Christina Ma