Executive summary The modest global reduction in flaring should be applauded, but it is majorly insufficient and leaves money on the table as economies struggle The World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction programme recently published its annual assessment of...
Executive summary “Despite some progress, 2022 was a disappointing year for tackling methane emissions, despite the very high prices and evident commercial incentives” – Tim Gould Our key takeaways The IEA’s Global Methane Tracker is a critical and influential...
Dear Partners, Collaborators, Investors, and Media Partners, Beyond the untold human suffering, the horrors of Putin’s unjustified war in Ukraine have sharpened our focus on fixing the global energy system. The world urgently needs to increase energy security, address energy affordability...
Predicting the outcomes of a football match is notoriously difficult as many factors are likely to contribute (e.g. the strengths and weaknesses of the teams, the form of the players, injuries, and the specific tactics and strategies deployed). However,...
Executive summary In November, Egypt will host the world at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. It will be a unique opportunity for Africa to showcase its leadership amid today’s triple crises – an energy security crisis, a cost-of-living crisis,...
As the world struggles with an energy security crisis, a cost of living crisis and a climate crisis, it’s worth thinking about the 266 BCM of gas that is flared, vented and leaked from the oil and gas supply...
Executive summary The latest upstream flaring data, published yesterday by the World Bank, highlights that gas flaring is marginally higher in 2021 than in 2020, driven by marginally higher oil production. At 143 BCM (or 93% of Europe’s gas...
As Europe – and the world – looks to wean itself off Russian oil. We explore the options, and consider the implications and opportunities created by additional gas flaring likely in Venezuela and Iran and others. Russia’s war in...
Yesterday, Capterio’s CEO, Mark Davis, chaired a panel at International Energy Week (the largest energy conference in the world) on flaring, venting and leaking. Mark was joined by panellists Harshit Agrawal (World Bank), Sonna Sathiamoorthy (bp), Georges Tijbosch (MIQ)...
This article, written by Alicia Prager, was originally published in Der Tagesspiegel and we are grateful for their permission to reproduce it here. This article was inspired by our original research on gas flaring within the LNG supply chain....