ExxonMobil Receives Top Certification for Methane Emissions Management for Natural Gas from Permian Basin
April 26 2022 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
- “A” grade awarded by independent certifier after review of
methane emission management programs
- Certification process expanding to other U.S. shale
operations
- Independently certified natural gas helps meet customer demand
for energy produced with fewer methane emissions
ExxonMobil said today that approximately 200 million cubic feet
per day of natural gas produced from its Permian Basin facilities
at Poker Lake, New Mexico have been independently certified and
received the top grade for methane emissions management. The
certification from MiQ helps the company meet customer demand for
energy produced with fewer emissions. ExxonMobil is the first
company to achieve certification for natural gas production
associated with oil.
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MiQ awarded the highest “A” grade
certification for ExxonMobil’s extensive multi-tiered technology
approach to methane monitoring and mitigation at its Poker Lake
facilities in New Mexico. Responsible Energy Solutions performed
ExxonMobil’s assessment using the MiQ Standard. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“This certification further validates the steps we have taken to
reduce methane emissions, which is part of our plans to achieve net
zero Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse emissions in our Permian Basin
unconventional operations by 2030,” said Tom Schuessler, senior
vice president of unconventional at ExxonMobil. “Certification
gives our customers confidence that we are responsibly producing
natural gas with best-in-class emission management programs to help
them meet their emissions goals.”
MiQ awarded the “A” grade certification because of ExxonMobil’s
extensive multi-tiered technology approach to methane monitoring
and mitigation at its Poker Lake facilities in New Mexico. These
efforts include a combination of fixed monitoring systems, aerial
imaging technology, optical gas imaging cameras, proprietary
acoustic sensors, and robust leak detection and repair practices.
Responsible Energy Solutions performed ExxonMobil’s assessment
using the MiQ Standard.
“It’s widely accepted that it’s now the time to take steps to
limit the effects of climate change and reducing methane emissions
is one of the most significant actions we can take,” said Georges
Tijbosch, CEO of MiQ. “MiQ is pioneering Independently Certified
Gas to help accelerate methane reductions from the natural gas
industry and, as one of the world’s largest energy companies,
ExxonMobil’s expansion of the certification program demonstrates
that Independently Certified Gas is rapidly becoming the status
quo.”
ExxonMobil is expanding the certification process to other
operating areas, including Appalachia natural gas operations in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It is now selling commercial
volumes to customers, including Xcel Energy, which plans to use the
natural gas to power homes, schools and businesses in southeastern
New Mexico with fewer lifecycle emissions than non-certified
natural gas.
“Xcel Energy is committed to delivering net-zero energy by 2050
across all the ways our customers use energy, and that includes
powering our generating fleet with natural gas purchased only from
suppliers with certified low-methane emissions by 2030,” said David
Hudson, president of Xcel Energy in New Mexico and Texas. “Fueling
our New Mexico power plants with ExxonMobil’s certified natural gas
is an important step in that direction and enables us to achieve
the cleaner energy future we’re all envisioning.”
ExxonMobil has played a leadership role in methane mitigation
and supports strong measurement, reporting and verification
standards as part of a broad suite of regulations to help reduce
methane emissions. ExxonMobil is a founding member of the Methane
Guiding Principles, and in 2020 introduced a model regulatory
framework for industry-wide methane regulations. ExxonMobil
supports the U.S. and European Union’s Global Methane Pledge, the
proposed U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan and the Oil
and Gas Climate Initiative’s Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions.
Mitigating methane emissions is an important component of
ExxonMobil’s plans to achieve net zero Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse
gas emissions in the Permian Basin unconventional assets by 2030.
Other parts of the plan include electrifying operations using
renewable and lower-carbon power sources, eliminating routine
flaring by year-end 2022, upgrading equipment and enhancing
processes.
Similar GHG emission-reduction road maps are being developed for
the company’s major operated upstream, refining and chemicals
assets around the world. ExxonMobil has announced an ambition to
achieve net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions for its
major operated assets by 2050, as detailed in the 2022 Advancing
Climate Solutions Progress Report.
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Cautionary Statement
Outlooks; projections; goals; descriptions of strategic plans
and objectives are forward-looking statements. Similarly,
emission-reduction roadmaps to drive toward net zero are dependent
on future market factors, such as continued technological progress
and policy support, and represent forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include plans to capture methane and
detect leaks ; achieve ambitions to reach Scope 1 and Scope 2 net
zero from operated assets by 2050, or Scope 1 and Scope 2 net zero
in Upstream Permian operated assets by 2030, the elimination of
routine flaring in-line with World Bank Zero Routine Flaring, or
the completion of major asset emission-reduction roadmaps. Actual
future results could differ materially due to a number of factors.
These include the effectiveness of third party certifications;
development and pace of supportive market conditions and national,
regional and local policies relating to emission reductions,
including methane leaks; changes in laws and regulations including
laws and regulations regarding greenhouse gas emissions, carbon
costs, and taxes; trade patterns and the development and
enforcement of local, national and international mandates and
treaties; unforeseen technical or operational difficulties; the
ability to bring new technologies to commercial scale on a
cost-competitive basis, including large-scale hydraulic fracturing
projects and methane leak detection technologies; changes in supply
and demand and other market factors affecting future prices of oil,
gas, and petrochemical products; and other factors discussed in
this release and under the heading “Factors Affecting Future
Results” on the Investors page of ExxonMobil’s website at
exxonmobil.com.
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