Exciting Research Impact: Shaping New EU Methane Regulations! 🌍
We are thrilled to announce that groundbreaking research from Christoph Böttner at iClimate has helped shape the first-ever EU regulations on methane emissions from decommissioned offshore hydrocarbon wells!
Methane emissions, the second-largest contributor to global warming after CO2, have long been underestimated, particularly in the context of abandoned offshore wells. Research by Christoph Böttner (now at Aarhus University) with a team of researchers from GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University has revealed leakage from 56 out of 71 studied decommissioned wells, highlighting a previously unregulated source of methane from offshore infrastructure that adds to the regional methane budget. This vital work has now contributed to EU policies that require the energy industry to measure and report methane emissions more rigorously.
Two workshops will be taking place for stakeholders and interested parties, to distribute information about these new regulations in full:
15 October at 09.00-11.00 (CET) for Eastern Hemisphere participants
17 October at 16.00-18.00 (CET) for Western Hemisphere participants
Links to connect online to both meetings can be found here:
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/events/workshop-import-requirements-eu-methane-regulation-2024-10-15_en