Expert opinion: climate damage from LNG underestimated

According to a report commissioned by Environmental Action Germany (DUH), the climate damage caused by imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is massively underestimated. LNG imports from the USA fare particularly poorly. Here, methane leaks from fracking are particularly high. In some cases, methane losses of over ten percent occur. Gas production in Algeria and Nigeria leads to methane losses of over six percent of the gas produced. Norwegian pipeline gas has the lowest methane emissions. However, the data situation is „unsatisfactory almost everywhere“ because methane emissions from the gas and oil industry have been neglected for a long time, the authors said.