Past Conferences & Events

This presentation describes the goals of the Methane to Markets Partnership and provides an overview of emissions reduction opportunities in the oil and gas sector. Also included is a review of six major areas for project opportunities and a description of some of the technologies and practices identified by EPA’s Natural Gas STAR Program.

This presentation includes an explanation of the Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) Partnership as well as facts and figures about flaring and venting around the world. Also discussed are barriers to flaring reduction projects and how the GGFR Partnership can help.

This presentation provides an overview of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank and examples of how the Bank might be able to participate in Methane to Markets projects. Included are examples of projects around the world in which the Bank has played an integral part, including Russia, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Azerbijan. Also discussed are the partnerships developed with various national and international agencies.

This presentation provides an overview of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a sister organization to the Export-Import Bank, and how it evaluates projects. Also included is a review of how OPIC has supported loans and provided political risk insurance, and the benefits of OPIC investment. In particular, the session reviews the three types of political risk coverage OPIC provides, and provides an overview of current projects support by OPIC.

This presentation discusses the opportunity and benefits that transferable environmental credits and quotas present for promoting methane recovery projects. It also discusses the need for regulatory systems to provide integrity for the transferable environmental credits, via a public-private partnership among industry, NGOs, and the regulators/governments.

This presentation covers the impact of carbon financing on methane recovery projects and the benefits that can be realized in terms of improving a project’s return on investment. It explains that carbon financing can encourage investment in methane recovery projects in situations where the sale of credits will enable investors to realize significant profits when they might not otherwise.

This presentation discusses the wide range of sources of methane emissions, including from agriculture (primarily rice cultivation) and livestock (including manure and enteric fermentation), with a focus on the oil and gas industry. It discusses the primary sources of emissions in the oil and gas industry. The session also describes a study completed by the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) in conjunction with a U.S. gas transmission company as well as new, commercially viable technologies.

This presentation provides an overview of the primary methane recovery opportunities currently available, along with the areas that provide the best opportunities for significant emissions reductions. The presentation also provides some information about barriers to project implementation, as well as a comparison of design standards between the United States and China.

This presentation describes BP’s international activities to reduce methane emissions. It provides several examples of various methane recovery projects in the United States and abroad. Key elements to enable gas recovery and use are covered.

This presentation describes a leak detection and repair program that was implemented at two compressor stations in the Cherkasytransgaz transmission system in the Ukraine in 2002. Details include project processes, technologies used, data analysis results, and future projects planned.

This presentation describes the various strategies implemented by TransCanada to reduce emissions of methane from the company’s gas transmission network. It identifies several barriers to methane recovery and describes three key areas in which TransCanada focuses in order to accomplish the majority of its emissions reductions. It also presents several examples of successful R&D projects occurring at TransCanada.