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The Expanding Risk Landscape: Satellite-Based Methane Monitoring and Oil & Gas Operators MethaneSAT Data Lives On, New Missions Launched Satellite-based methane monitoring has moved from an experimental research tool to a permanent and growing feature of the global regulatory, financial, and reputational landscape facing oil and gas operators. Even with the loss of MethaneSAT inRead more

Various organizations, including environmental activists, are leveraging satellite methane monitoring to report oil and gas operators to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via the new Super Emitter Response Program (SERP). SERP was originally conceived as a regulatory initiative allowing private organizations certified by the EPA to identify and report large methane emission events, definedRead more

Why EmSat™ is the Oil & Gas Industry’s Preferred Satellite Methane Monitoring Solution   Fugitive emissions of methane from the energy sector are under increasing scrutiny from regulators, investors, and environmental activists. To stop fugitive emissions of methane from energy production facilities, they must first be detected. Because oil and gas production facilities are oftenRead more

In October 2023[AE1] [JC2] [JC3] , we published our blog article Reducing Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector: The Super-Emitter Response Program previewing the major components of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Super Emitter Response Program included in the agency’s comprehensive update to 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOOb, which focuses on standards of performance for crude oil and natural gas facilities. In this article we cover the final form of the Super-Emitter Response Program that was published in the Federal Register on March 8, 2024.