There is a significant opportunity around emissions management and reduction programs. These help operators to improve safety, reduce operational impacts on the environment, boost capital efficiency, and transform gas networks to achieve net zero operations, paving the way for sustainable and even safer natural gas distribution in the future.  In this session, the panel discusses how utilities collect and consume Picarro emissions measurements to achieve ambitious reduction targets in respect of local regulatory requirements, voluntary initiatives, and operational and budget constraints. Picarro locates and estimates flow rates of fugitive methane emissions sources from car-based measurements, allowing to quickly identify the emitters in the network and rank them by the emission rate. Such critical information allows targeting the biggest emitters in priority to maximize as well as quantify the emissions abatement. We discuss with operators from different countries how methane emissions reduction and reporting programs have been implemented, covering the roadmaps followed, results achieved, major difficulties tackled and their vision for the future.

Moderator: Francesco Ciocca, PhD, Program Manager

Panelists:
Stefano Guglielmo, Head of Technical Services, Italgas
Brent Shuler, Manage of Risk Assessment, Nisource
Gregory Jones, Director, Climate & Environmental Policy, Southern Company Gas