The Canadian oil and gas sector has been challenged by the federal government to reduce methane emissions by 75% by 2030. Technology exists today to achieve many of the cuts needed to reach that goal, and in this episode of the Gas Pathways podcast, we’ll look at how two companies – Tourmaline Oil and Westgen Technologies – are getting the job done.

John Hartley, CEO of UK tech firm Levidian, makes the case for so-called turquoise hydrogen as a decarbonisation tool in the UK and further afield.

With John Hartley and Joseph Murphy.

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MiQ is a non-profit initiative that aims to encourage gas companies to address their methane emissions now rather than waiting for tighter regulations to arrive. Companies’ gas is graded according to the steps they are taking to limit how much methane escapes into the atmosphere, and the hope is that gas that is certified as cleaner can fetch a premium on the market. MiQ CEO Georges Tijbosch discusses the initiative’s progress so far.

Natural gas producers in North America are increasingly looking to certification of their product as a pathway to sustainability. At the same time, gas consumers and financiers are increasingly looking to certification as proof that natural gas can be a sustainable product in the energy transition. In this episode of Gas Pathways podcast, Roy Hartstein, CEO of Responsible Energy Solutions and an assessor for two of the leading certification platforms, discusses the path to certification.

A new research paper has found that blue hydrogen can be considered as clean as green hydrogen in the right conditions, contrary to previous studies that cast doubt on the climate case for the fuel. One of the paper’s authors, Christian Bauer, discusses the findings.

Quebec-based GHGSat has developed satellite technology that can identify and measure methane emissions from individual sources. The company’s CEO Stephane Germain discusses with Gas Pathways the implications that this innovation has for the oil and gas industry and other methane-emitting sectors.

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A lot of the focus of investors and developers has been on using compressed hydrogen to decarbonise shipping. But the head UK firm Unitrove, Steve Lua, believes there are considerable advantages to using liquid hydrogen instead, and his company has developed a technology in this field.

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