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Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney s Scotland, UK. 10% of the UK s oil production comes through the Flotta terminal from the North Sea oil fields. Flaring off gas at the Flotta oil terminal on the Island of Flotta in the Orkney s Scotland, UK. 10% of the UK s oil production comes through the Flotta terminal from the North Sea oil fields., Credit:Ashley Cooper / Avalon PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUKxFRAxUSA Copyright: xAshleyxCooperx/xAvalonx 0516648393 — Greenhouse emissions: The International Energy Agency estimates that more than 260 billion cubic meters of gas were wasted worldwide in 2021 through flaring, venting and leaks. This is set to change with the new methane regulation.

A few days before the start of COP28, the Council and Parliament reached a trilogue agreement on a regulation to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector. The Parliament was able to assert itself on one important point: The law also includes methane emissions from imports.

At 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the Council and Parliament agreed on a legal text in the trilogue on the methane regulation in the energy sector. It is noteworthy that the negotiators also included the entire supply chain of fossil fuel imports in the regulation. In terms of the global impact of methane on the climate, this is the most important part of the methane regulation, said Green MEP Jutta Paulus, co-rapporteur in the Industry Committee (ITRE).

Trilogue agreement on methane takes up imports

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