As part of its methane emissions reduction program, oil major BP PLC is implementing new technology that involves continuous measurement of methane emissions at all new oil and gas processing projects worldwide.
The project is part of BP's strategy to deploy methane-detecting techniques at new and existing facilities and would also be used as a means to collect data to help achieve the company's methane intensity target of 0.2% from its upstream operations, according to a Sept. 10 news release.
The technology, which detects emissions in real-time, has been tested and installed in existing facilities, including its Khazzan-Makarem natural gas field in Oman, BP said.
BP touted the program as an "an industry first" that differs from commonly used approaches to quantify emissions, such as engineering calculations and emission factors. "The faster and more accurately we can identify and measure leaks, the better we can respond and, informed by the data collected, work to prevent them," BP COO for Production, Transformation and Carbon Gordon Birrell said.
