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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%

CH4

11%

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