Executive summary
The EU’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) is currently defining the details of the EU’s regulation on methane emissions (EUMR). While DG Energy is still working out the practicalities for effective implementation of these regulations, one thing is already clear: stationary leak detection and repair (LDAR) solutions will be essential to achieving compliance at scale. These solutions are already helping different industry sectors across the globe to monitor various emission sources continuously. DG Energy would benefit from considering how best to regulate stationary LDAR technologies to quickly maximize their effect for the oil and gas industry in Europe who is challenged by the wide adoption of the EUMR.
To inform the next step of regulation development, DG Energy had issued a questionnaire on LDAR Type 1 and 2 minimum detection limits, which Sensirion Connected Solutions has answered.
This article offers guidance and perspective on what these regulations could look like, based on Sensirion Connected Solutions’ answers to DG Energy’s questionnaire. Read on to learn about how stationary LDAR technology can fit into EU methane regulations, how the EU could set standards and work-practices for this technology, and what stationary LDAR can do for oil and gas operators in Europe and globally.
