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Committee on Science, Space, and Technology initiated an investigation into methane leaks and strategies for detecting them in the oil and gas sector.
Oil and gas companies are failing to design, equip, and inform their Methane Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) activities as necessary to achieve rapid and large-scale reductions in methane emissions from their operations. The sector’s approach does not reflect the latest scientific evidence on methane leaks, says Committee.
Committee staff recommend that the Federal government create a new Federal program to conduct accurate methane measurement surveys -a Methane Census -over major oil and gas basins in the United States.
