{"id":19798,"date":"2019-12-06T11:46:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=19798"},"modified":"2019-12-06T12:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:33:32","slug":"new-companies-oppose-methane-rollbacks-but-industry-divide-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2019\/12\/06\/new-companies-oppose-methane-rollbacks-but-industry-divide-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"New companies oppose methane rollbacks but industry divide remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/12\/Ben_methane_blog_rig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19802\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/12\/Ben_methane_blog_rig-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/12\/Ben_methane_blog_rig-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/12\/Ben_methane_blog_rig-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/12\/Ben_methane_blog_rig.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>The stakes are high for businesses to support strengthened Environmental Protection Agency methane regulations.<\/p>\n<p>While there are multiple pathways to achieve a net zero carbon emissions future by 2050 in the U.S., it\u2019s clear that the oil and gas industry can and must virtually eliminate methane emissions. Not only is methane control an environmental priority, it is the most immediate and cost-effective decarbonization option for natural gas. Action on methane is a litmus test of industry\u2019s ability to make necessary changes, and build the muscle to support responsible public policy that cuts emissions and stimulates innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The late November close of the comment period on EPA\u2019s proposal to eliminate methane regulation and exempt large segments of industry from pollution control requirements shows a growing industry divide. A review of industry filings to EPA reveals three game changers for the politics and policy of federal methane regulation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smaller companies start to weigh in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The false narrative that only the largest companies have a stake and voice in supporting methane regulations is unraveling. Pioneer Natural Resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757-1125\">made history<\/a> by becoming the first pure play Permian Basin oil and natural gas producer to speak out against EPA\u2019s proposal, and emphasized that it \u201cdoes not support\u201d deregulation of methane. As dozens of other operators in Pioneer\u2019s asset class face similar dynamics of ESG conscious investors and an abundance of cost-effective emission control options, eyes will turn to other independent producers to support policies that help the environment and industry can live with.<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edf.org%2Fenergyexchange%2F2019%2F12%2F06%2Fnew-companies-oppose-methane-rollbacks-but-industry-divide-remains%2F&#038;text=New%20companies%20oppose%20methane%20rollbacks%20but%20industry%20divide%20remains&#038;via=EDFEnergyEx&#038;related=EDFEnergyEx' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New companies oppose methane rollbacks but industry divide remains <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edf.org%2Fenergyexchange%2F2019%2F12%2F06%2Fnew-companies-oppose-methane-rollbacks-but-industry-divide-remains%2F&#038;text=New%20companies%20oppose%20methane%20rollbacks%20but%20industry%20divide%20remains&#038;via=EDFEnergyEx&#038;related=EDFEnergyEx' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>Equally noteworthy, Jonah Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757-1825\">commented to EPA<\/a>, touting its well-beyond-compliance monthly inspection program, and stated that it too \u201cdoes not support\u201d EPA\u2019s proposal. As a private equity backed, regionally-focused independent, Jonah paves the way for handfuls of other private equity financed companies \u2014 in many cases funded by climate conscious European asset owners \u2014 to call for win-win environmental policies in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural gas buyers exert pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Public pressure from natural gas buyers is also a game changer. As lead of EDF\u2019s global work with the private sector to reduce oil and gas methane emissions, I hear more regularly from buyers about their concerns for what methane emissions mean for the reputational risk and future of gas, and their appreciation of the indispensable role of government regulation to help ensure cleaner natural gas. The energy transition has no one silver bullet, but strengthening methane regulations is an essential task because the climate impacts of the pollutant are so great, and the challenge so diffuse.<\/p>\n<p>A group of electric and gas utilities demonstrated strong leadership, filing comments to EPA commendable for their conviction, clarity and detail. The group \u2014 which includes utilities like Exelon, PSEG and PG&amp;E \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/mjbradley.com\/news-events\/companies-submit-joint-comments-epa-proposed-policy-amendments-nsps-oil-and-natural-gas\">wrote<\/a> \u201cit is important for EPA to maintain the current requirements to deploy cost effective technologies that protect the environment and public health and to ensure a consistent regulatory framework.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innovation changes the game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The advance of new technologies and methods to monitor and control emissions faster and more cost-effectively than before is well recognized by industry. Many public comments against EPA\u2019s proposal reflect that innovation is a game changer.<\/p>\n<p>After reiterating its support for direct federal regulation of methane, BP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757-1837\">noted<\/a> that its emission control efforts \u201care also directed at smaller and existing sites,\u201d and that drone-based leak detection \u201cincreased the number of wells surveyed in a given day, which can lead to significant cost savings.\u201d Equinor also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757-0658\">highlighted<\/a> innovation, noting its equity investment in SeekOps, a technology entrepreneur with a NASA originated sensor also deployed by drone and tested in the Stanford\/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But it\u2019s not all rosy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although numerous bright spots emerged in industry\u2019s responses to EPA\u2019s proposal, there are indicators that show continuing divisions in industry. Trade associations \u2014 such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757-2090\">American Petroleum Institute<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Independent-Producers-Comments-on-9-24-2019-VOC-Proposal_with-Appendices.pdf\">Independent Petroleum Association of America<\/a> \u2014 maintained their years-long, lowest common denominator approach urging reckless federal deregulation of a climate pollutant over 80 times more powerful than CO2 when first emitted to the atmosphere. This could prove costly for industry\u2019s license to operate, access to capital or both. Meanwhile, Edison Electric Institute and American Gas Association filed some of industry\u2019s weakest comments, amounting to little more than a generic advertisement for natural gas and promotion of a voluntary industry program sure to attract increased levels of scrutiny and skepticism due to its sponsor\u2019s unwillingness to take a clear stand on defending a regulatory backstop.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Chevron continued to miss the mark on its Methane Guiding Principles commitment to advocate methane policy and regulation by de facto siding with API in doing the opposite. And other companies, from those in the liquefied natural gas segment to independent producers that elsewhere tout their climate consciousness, invite skepticism for their apparent support of relentless anti-environmental lobbying by trade associations like API.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2019-08\/documents\/oil_and_natural_gas_review_proposal_ria.pdf\">EPA\u2019s own analysis<\/a> demonstrates their rollback attempts would harm the environment, and public comments from leaders in industry show that they do not support this overreach. EPA\u2019s proposal is also broadly opposed by states, methane mitigation companies, tribes, health and environmental groups and others. This near uniform opposition underscores the harmful nature of EPA\u2019s proposal. If EPA continues its ideologically driven agenda \u2014 even as the climate crisis deepens \u2014 the private sector backlash will likely only grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stakes are high for businesses to support strengthened Environmental Protection Agency methane regulations. While there are multiple pathways to achieve a net zero carbon emissions future by 2050 in the U.S., it\u2019s clear that the oil and gas industry can and must virtually eliminate methane emissions. 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