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Reducing methane emissions from B.C.’s oil and gas sector - Coalition comments and recommendations

5 Apr 2023

Accelerate the timeline for near-zero oil and gas methane emissions to 2030 Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the development of new policy to meet and exceed B. [...] C.’s continued efforts to better understand and characterize the sources and rates of methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. [...] government’s CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 proposes a 75% reduction in methane emissions from the oil and gas sector below 2014 levels by 2030 and near-zero methane emissions by 2035.1 These targets are ambitious and align with Canada’s new proposed framework for stronger oil and gas methane emissions regulations as part of broader international climate objectives and commitments such as the Global Meth. [...] Furthermore, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a group of twelve major global oil and gas companies, has pledged to achieve near-zero methane emissions by 2030.17 Given the urgency of reducing methane emissions and the importance of showing progress within the oil and gas sector towards its 2030 target, B. [...] One study conducted in and around Red Deer, Alberta found that 20% of the oil and gas facilities measured were responsible for 74–79% of total methane emissions.71 Due to the skewed distribution of emission rates and the intermittency of some large emission events, the speed of detecting and stopping large emission sources is most critical for reducing total emissions—underscoring the importance o.

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