An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report

AnEyeonMethane InternationalMethaneEmissionsObservatory2022Report UNEPIMEO2022Report ©2022UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme ISBN:978-92-807-3965-7 Jobnumber:DTI/2462/PA Thispublicationmaybereproducedinwholeorinpartandinanyformforeducationalornon-profitserviceswithoutspecialpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,providedacknowledgementofthesourceismade.TheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammewouldappreciatereceivingacopyofanypublicationthatusesthispublicationasasource. NouseofthispublicationmaybemadeforresaleoranyothercommercialpurposewhatsoeverwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Applicationsforsuchpermission,withastatementofthepurposeandextentofthereproduction,shouldbeaddressedtotheDirector,CommunicationDivision,UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme,P.O.Box30552,Nairobi00100,Kenya. Disclaimers ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territoryorcityorareaoritsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. MentionofacommercialcompanyorproductinthisdocumentdoesnotimplyendorsementbytheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeortheauthors.Theuseofinformationfromthisdocumentforpublicityoradvertisingisnotpermitted.Trademarknamesandsymbolsareusedinaneditorialfashionwithnointentiononinfringementoftrademarkorcopyrightlaws. TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Weregretanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenunwittinglymade. ©Maps,photosandillustrationsasspecified Production UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(2022). AnEyeonMethane:InternationalMethaneEmissionsObservatory. Theelectroniccopyofthisreportcanbedownloadedatwww.unep.org/methane Suggestedcitation UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(2022). AnEyeonMethane:InternationalMethaneEmissionsObservatory2022.Nairobi AnEyeonMethane InternationalMethaneEmissionsObservatory2022Report Supported by UNEPIMEO2022ReportUNEPIMEO2022Report Acknowledgments Thereportwaspreparedby: RolandKupers,DanielZavala-Araiza,GiuliaFerrini,StefanSchwietzke,ErinTullos,CynthiaRandles,JamesFrance,LuisGuanter,ManfrediCaltagirone, MeghanDemeterandMarciBaranskiwithsupportfromAdolfoContrerasRuizEsparza,RicardoAlonsoEsparzaGamez,RobertFieldandMalgorzataKasprzak. Valuablecoordinationwasprovidedby: SophieLoran,ChenchenLin,MonikaOczkowska andKamiliaLahrichi. Editing:LisaMastny Designandlayout:DavidAndrade (Cover,figuresandlayout) Theauthorswouldliketothankthefollowingpartnerswhosupportedthisreportwiththeirimportantcontributions,input,commentsandreviews: AndrisPiebalgsfromtheEuropeanUniversityInstituteHiroshiHashimotofromtheInstituteofEnergyEconomics,Japan;SteveHamburgfromEnvironmentalDefenseFund;EuanNisbetfromRoyalHolloway, UniversityofLondon;LenaHöglundIsakssonfrom theInternationalInstituteforAppliedSystemsAnalysis;PaulWennbergfromCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology;ShamilMatsyutovfromtheNationalInstituteforEnvironmentalStudiesinJapan;RickDuke,ClaireWang,DanielRochbergandJonathanMochfromtheU.S.DepartmentofState;BrendanDevlin,LukaszLisicki,KittiNyitrai,JoanaSimãoCosta,MalcolmMcDowellandDinkoRaytchevfromtheEuropeanCommission;MarkRadka,SheilaAggarwal-Khan,AndreaHinwoodfromUNEPandMartinaOttofromUNEP-ClimateandCleanAirCoalition. Photocredit:pexels-johannes-havn IIIII UNEPIMEO2022ReportUNEPIMEO2022Report TableofContents Glossary ExecutiveSummary IMEOisontheroad VIVIII VIII 4.2InformationLeadingtoAction Deploymentacrossseveralcountries 4.3LookingForward Furthercollaborationopportunities 4329 39 OGMP2.0isdeliveringacommunityforcollectiveaction VIII 46 IMEOisacatalystforactionontheGlobalMethanePledge IX 5.OGMP2.0OILANDGASCOMPANYREPORTSFOR2022 42 OGMP2.0companyreportsshareacommonformat 118 Introduction X ForewordfromtheEUEnergyCommissioner X ForewordfromUNEPExecutiveDirector XI ANNEX1-Companyfactsheets 459 ANNEX2-References 11180 1.FIVESECTORS,ONEGAS 1 14 IMEO’sscopeisexpandingtocoverothersectorswithmethaneemissions 16 1.1FiveDifferentSystems 2 LISTSOFTABLES,FIGURESANDBOXES 19 IMEOconsidersthefollowingdiversesectors:oilandgas,coal,waste,riceandlivestock Table1.NewOGMP2.0memberssinceIMEO2021report 279 1.2Multi-scaleMeasurement-BasedApproaches 4 Table2.OGMP2.0TechnicalGuidanceDocumentsapprovedin2021/2022 2180 ReducinguncertaintyinmethaneemissionsandtrackingprogressinsupportoftheGMP Table3.Comparisonofaveragereportinglevelbysegmentin2022versus2021 3174 Table4.Topthreeemissionsources,asreportedatLevel3orLevel4,bysegment,2022 16 2.OGMP2.0OILANDGASANALYSISFOR2022 6 Table5.Overviewofdivestedassets 191 2.1OGMP2.0inItsSecondYear 7 Table6.SummaryofUNEPcommissionedofsciencestudies 27 OGMP2.0growsandisacommunityofpracticeforcontinuouslearningandimprovement Table7.Summaryofinitiatedandongoingoilandgassciencestudies 289 2.2Uncertainty&Reconciliation 11 Table8.OverviewofIMEO’sVirtualMethaneTrainingSeriesmodules 1337 Site-andsource-levelreconciliation,wit