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Methane gas emissions are much more harmful to the environment compared to CO2. Exported gas, as LNG emits far more greenhouse gas emissions than coal, despite fossil-fuel industry claims it is a cleaner alternative, according to a major new research paper that challenges the controversial yet rapid expansion of gas exports from the US to Europe and Asia. There is a new peer review report which confirms that gas and LNG are not a bridge fuel. The research has concluded that LNG is 33% worse in terms of planet-heating emissions over a 20-year period compared with coal. The research is by Rober W Howarth at Cornell in the USA. For more information there are links below in this post. #LNG #methaneemissions #coal #globalwarming

Pausing LNG will hurt the world more, not improve it. Less LNG internationally means more use of traditional fuel sources like coal, oil, wood and dung, which leads to more carbon emissions. It slows the development of third-world countries by preventing them from having access to low cost energy sources, preventing them from building lower-cost and more efficient buildings and industries. It also doesn't allow them to build the lower-cost means to protect themselves from a changing environment. #lng #emissions #POTUS #naturalgas

Last year, a prominent academic claimed that, when all factors are taken into account, #LNG is no cleaner in terms of #GHGemissions than #coal. Closer examination reveals that this claim is based on pessimistic assumptions on how much #methane is leaked from #upstream operations. However, the fact that this possibility can be mooted at all is testimony to the importance of tackling methane emissions. Read the full feature in #LNGBusinessReview 📰 https://lnkd.in/difs-Qxi

Last year, a prominent academic claimed that, when all factors are taken into account, #LNG is no cleaner in terms of #GHGemissions than #coal. Closer examination reveals that this claim is based on pessimistic assumptions on how much #methane is leaked from #upstream operations. However, the fact that this possibility can be mooted at all is testimony to the importance of tackling methane emissions. Read the full feature in #LNGBusinessReview 📰 https://lnkd.in/dEAUA8Qq

DID YOU KNOW? If all proposed U.S. LNG projects were to proceed, their greenhouse gas emissions could total an estimated 3.9 billion metric tons annually. That's more than the entire European Union's carbon emissions in a year! U.S. politicians and the oil industry are planning to expand LNG exports despite evidence that #LNG produces significant #emissions, surpassing even coal. This expansion contradicts global commitments to phase out #fossilfuels in favor of #cleanenergy. Source: https://lnkd.in/dV9t93Vf #climatecrisis #climatechange #endfossilfuels #fossilfuel #bigoil #climateactionnow

The recent White House decision to pause US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits has left many wondering how we can clean up the US gas system. 🤔 New analysis and methane-detecting satellite observations have shown that methane leakage rates in various US gas fields and systems range widely from 0.6% to 66%. The kicker? Leakage rates as low as 0.2% can put gas on par with coal in terms of climate impact. 😮 Imagine how many more opportunities for methane to escape into the atmosphere we’re adding when the gas gets liquefied, pumped into LNG tanker storage tanks, and moved across the ocean. 🌊 Fortunately, cutting methane emissions in the natural gas supply chain is relatively simple and cost-effective. More on the risks of LNG and how we can prevent leakage in the supply chain in our new Reality Check: https://bit.ly/49GZFd4

What is “methane slip”? 🌍 🌐 🗺 Equipment that uses natural gas as a fuel is generally designed to have at least 98% combustion efficiency – which means at least 98% of the gas to be burned. This also means that the other 2% of methane is released as unburned gas. This is known as methane slip.

This is a must read for anyone who thinks environmentalists are out to lunch for opposing fossil gas replacing coal. It is the fossil gas industry that is living in Neverland pretending that just because they can plug methane leaks in theory we shouldn't worry about it not happening in practice--which is the case currently, and at just a 3% leakage rate makes fossil gas worse than coal for the climate.

Methane flaring from oil and gas fields is a huge waste of energy and is clouding the reputation of an industry facing increasing challenges due to climate change. #RenewMag finds out how a partnership, which includes sealing specialist AESSEAL, has come up with a solution that could solve the problem of flaring and venting from oil and gas fields and help clean up energy production. https://lnkd.in/eQp6xQAE

Natural gas is often billed as a bridge or transition fuel for economies looking to shift away from coal. But we took a really close look at the fallacy behind that argument - and found a supply chain that is leaking methane at every turn. Methane, though it gets less billing than carbon dioxide, is actually a much more harmful greenhouse gas. Here's the methane leaking route we mapped out. #naturalgas #natgas #lng #energy