| Autor: |
S. Plisson-Sauné, W. Brown, N. Musset, E. Pirrone, J. Miné |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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| Zdroj: |
Day 2 Tue, April 12, 2016. |
| DOI: |
10.2118/179288-ms |
| Popis: |
This paper presents how an Oil and Gas Company (Total) has adapted their environmental reporting to implement their commitment to the UNEP CCAC OGMP (OGMP). The Company joined the OGMP, which focuses on measurement and control of methane emissions from the Oil & Gas industry, in November 2014. This paper also explains the importance of having accurate data on methane emissions in the light of methane high Global Warming Potential (GWP). The OGMP methane reporting implementation is a new challenge for the Oil & Gas industry. The Oil & Gas industry is allegedly the second largest methane emitter after agriculture. OGMP defined nine core methane sources identified all along the Oil & Gas production process and a new reporting system emphasizing on the methane footprint of the Companies’ activities. In this paper, the adaptations provided to Total's environmental reporting are explained step by step in order to illustrate the specifics linked to the participation in the OGMP. Methods and equations are also provided for each potential source. The involvement in the partnership allows improving methane emissions reporting and adopting the uniformized reporting methodology of the OGMP for each participating Oil & Gas company. The work done to take into account the new nine core sources is an essential point of the partnership. This work requires the understanding of the new sources and the identification of those within the Company reporting system. Once this step is done, the reporting is simple and allows assessing the methane emissions covered by the OGMP's reporting system. Thus, the Company can estimate their methane footprint and set up mitigation options toward the methane sources identified. In addition, an aggregated annual report is done with purpose communicating the work done by the Oil & Gas Companies on methane emissions reductions. The OGMP is an open forum with Governments and NGOs members, thus not only limited to Oil & Gas Companies for sharing technical information and consequently, not seen as an Oil & Gas lobby by the public. It is able to fund technical studies thanks to its own budget. Participating to OGMP is a Company internal motivation factor for improving methane reporting and emissions reduction. An additional benefit of participating to the OGMP is getting feedback and technical expertise to manage and reduce methane emissions in a standardized scheme and under the umbrella of an internationally recognized institution. This paper can be seen as a guideline for Oil & Gas companies to put in place a methane emissions reporting in line with the OGMP. It describes also the benefits and drawbacks of joining the OGMP. |
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OpenAIRE |
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