By Mark Davis, CEO of Capterio In the realm of climate action, the power of connections, the joy of shared moments, and the unique influence of women converge to drive innovative progress. Picture this: a candid...
Executive summary The full version of the paper will be published shortly and is also available on request.
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...
We were delighted to be featured this month in the Global Voice of Gas, the quarterly journal of the International Gas Union. Our article (which is available on the IGU site here) outlines our journey and our approach to...
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...
Russia's war against Ukraine is a wake-up call to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian oil, gas, and coal. It is also a defining moment to accelerate the energy transition to a net-zero society with more supply diversity, energy security,...
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...
Russia’s war against Ukraine is a wake-up call to reduce our dependence on Russian oil, gas and coal, and more broadly, to accelerate the energy transition to a net-zero society. We urgently need to find new sources of energy. ...
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....
Emissions associated with domestic production of oil and gas from within the EU are material and need to be reduced to enable the EU to meet its net-zero aspirations. In particular, the avoidable waste from flaring, venting and leaking...
Executive summary As the world’s 5th largest gas flarer, Algeria has much to gain from cleaning up its oil and gas industry – and reducing gas flaring. It’s after all a “code red” country for gas flaring today. By...
Executive summary 49 countries flag as “code red” on gas flaring today – meaning that flaring is material in scale and urgent action is required to reduce it. Whilst most of these countries have already been making bold promises...
Gas flaring is a significant source of economic and environmental waste. By reducing flaring, oil & gas companies can capture additional revenues and decarbonise operations. However, the decarbonisation potential is significantly underestimated due to invisible methane emissions from incomplete...
Gas flaring is increasingly recognised as a major source of economic and environmental waste. Flaring, which sits alongside “venting” and “leaking”, leads globally to the annual loss of at least $30 billion of valuable product, plus generates 1.2 billion...
By reducing gas flaring, we can reduce emissions, create value and accelerate the energy transition. COP26 can help us to accelerate flaring reduction.
by Christian Schaudwet Translated from original German to English. Original piece found on the Tagesspiegel website here. We are grateful to the author for allowing us to republish the work. Hundreds of billions of cubic metres of gas are burned...
Gas consumption is growing due to its perceived lower GHG emissions, and LNG is growing even faster. As the consumer preferences and legislation focusses attention on emissions, companies are increasingly marketing “carbon-neutral” LNG with offsets from carbon credits. However,...
Algeria has long been a major gas flarer but time may be running out for the practice as the EU moves to enforce its carbon border adjustment mechanism. This article was authored by Ajay Ubhi and was originally published...
Executive summary Flaring is a critical metric that many ESG-focussed groups (e.g. regulators, investors, ratings agencies, lenders, consumers and governments) are increasingly seeking to understand. Some of these groups are facing particular urgency to finalise their sustainability accountability frameworks...
Executive Summary The latest flaring data, published yesterday by the World Bank, shows some positive movement – a 5.2% drop in gas flaring. However, this is way off-track to deliver the 90% reduction we need (according to the IEA)...
Executive summary Gas flaring is a major source of economic and environmental waste, and the world is not yet “on track” to reach zero flaring by 2030. But with COP26 coming up (and the global focus on the energy...
Capterio published a letter in response to Leslie Hook’s concerning article reporting that methane levels in the atmosphere surged in 2020 – the biggest increase since records began. The sources of methane emissions are well-documented: biological sources, such as...
The Economist has an excellent article on “the other greenhouse gas”, being methane (CH4) this week. As it rightly says, whilst there is a lot of focus on carbon dioxide, we must not underestimate the importance of addressing methane....
Natural Gas World just published our latest thought piece, co-authored with colleagues Andrei Belyi and Aziza Khalilova. Click to read the article. January saw first gas from the new Southern Gas Corridor pipeline from linking Caspian gas to the...