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University of Texas to Lead $58M Methane Hydrate Research Project in GOM

The University of Texas at Austin (UT) is leading a research consortium that is getting $58 million to study methane hydrate under the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Read More

Methane Mitigation Businesses Boosting U.S. Jobs Prospects

Surging U.S. natural gas supplies not only are increasing employment in the energy patch, but the boom has opened the door to prospects in the methane mitigation business, according to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Read More

Southwestern Energy Joins IOCs to Reduce Methane Emissions

Houston-based independent Southwestern Energy Co., which only develops natural gas in North America, is one of the initial partners in a multinational coalition of producers that Tuesday committed to slash methane emissions as part of a strategy to tackle climate change by the United Nations (UN). Read More

Fixable Well Casings, Not Fracking, Blamed for Some Methane in Water Wells

A team of researchers from five universities has found natural gas in drinking water wells in areas of shale gas production in Pennsylvania and Texas. They blamed the gas migration, in part, on nature but also on on faulty gas well casings. Hydraulic fracturing was not the culprit, they said. Read More

Marcellus Shale Coalition Aims to Establish Nationwide Standards for Methane Tests

The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) has awarded a Pennsylvania-based environmental consulting firm with a contract to coordinate and oversee a wide-ranging study for the analysis of methane in groundwater samples. Read More

Methane Emissions Strategy Due in Coming Weeks, EPA Administrator Says

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this fall will release a strategy to deal with methane emissions from natural gas and oil pipelines and wells that may include both regulatory approaches and recommended voluntary steps,according to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Read More

California Stays Focused on Pipeline Safety

California lawmakers on Wednesday sent a second pipeline safety measure toward the governor's desk, passing a methane leak reduction bill with strong support... Read More

Methane Seeps Discovered in Atlantic Waters From North Carolina to Massachusetts

Methane is leaking from at least 570 locations from a most unexpected place, where the continental shelf meets the deeper Atlantic Ocean, scientists are reporting. Read More

U.S. Producers, EDF Advance Five Next-Generation Methane Monitors

A "breathalyzer," similar to systems used to check alcohol levels in drivers, is one of the breakthrough methane detection technologies selected Thursday to advance in a collaboration between seven U.S. natural gas and oil producers and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Read More

EPA Strategy on Methane Leaks Is Full of Holes, Inspector General Says

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been doing a lackluster job of addressing methane emissions from natural gas distribution pipelines, and more than $192 million in natural gas was lost in 2011 through pipeline leaks, according to the agency's Inspector General (IG). Read More