Abating methane emissions from oil and gas operations is one of the quickest ways to help meet the Paris Agreement objectives and is a top priority for OGCI.
OGCI members are working to achieve near zero methane emissions from their operated assets by 2030. And they are sharing what they have learned about detection, measurement and abatement across the industry including through the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter and OGCI’s flagship Satellite Monitoring Campaign.
Since 2017, OGCI members have reduced their aggregate upstream operated methane emissions by 63% and reduced routine flaring by 72%. In 2024, OGCI members’ collective aggregated upstream operated methane intensity was 0.12%, significantly lower than the global industry average.
OGCI supports the implementation of regulations to abate methane emissions from existing and new sources and is working with international institutions, think tanks and organizations to develop programs and tools to monitor and measure methane emissions and identify abatement potential.
A significant and rapid reduction in methane emissions is critical to achieve the aims of the Paris Agreement and it’s been a top priority for OGCI since the group was founded in 2014.
The aim was to reduce carbon intensity by 26% to 17 kg CO2e/boe by 2025.
In 2024, OGCI member companies’ carbon intensity was 17.2 kgCO2e/boe, down 24% vs 2017.
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