Williams became one of the nearly 100 companies to join the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0.
Diamondback President Kaes Van’t Hof discusses the White House’s mixed message on oil production, methane regulation and how investors are more effective at pushing for ESG improvements than regulation.
The companies' project will study the production of synthetic methane from low-carbon hydrogen and biogenic CO2 captured from ethanol biorefineries.
The Pennsylvania attorney general charged Coterra Energy in 2020 after a grand jury investigation showed that drilling unconventional gas wells by the company had been responsible for methane pollution in the local water supply.
The proposal would place monthly limits on flaring and require oil and gas companies to undertake methane leak detection programs on federal land.
The "Global Methane Pledge," proposed by the U.S. and EU last year, has been signed by 119 countries thus far and would cut methane emissions 30% by 2030.
Project Canary and Swiss technology company Sensirion Connected Solutions are offering affordable methane monitoring, mitigation and management sensors through the Project Canary platform.
Thanks to technological advancements, the oil and gas industry has the tools to drastically curb methane leaks. Project Canary Co-founder and CEO Chris Romer is now urging those with the power and capital to make a difference to step up.
Emission monitoring technologies have emerged, offering ground- and air-based leak detection to the oil and gas industry.
With the planned expansion, LongPath Technologies will provide real-time monitoring for approximately 60 Apache facilities across multiple areas of the Permian Basin.