Cheniere Launches Collaboration with Midstream Companies, Technology Providers and Academic Institutions to Quantify, Monitor, Report and Verify GHG Emissions
April 19 2022 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere” or the “Company”) (NYSE
American: LNG) today announced a collaboration with natural gas
midstream companies, methane detection technology providers, and
leading academic institutions to implement quantification,
monitoring, reporting and verification (“QMRV”) of greenhouse gas
(“GHG”) emissions at natural gas gathering, processing,
transmission, and storage systems specific to Cheniere’s supply
chain. The program is intended to improve the overall understanding
of GHG emissions and further the deployment of advanced monitoring
technologies and protocols. This collaboration builds upon
Cheniere’s ongoing QMRV collaboration with natural gas producers
and liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) shipping providers, both of which
commenced in 2021. These QMRV programs support Cheniere’s climate
strategy initiatives, including the Company’s plan to provide Cargo
Emissions Tags (“CE Tags”) to customers beginning this year.
The midstream QMRV work will be conducted by emissions
researchers from Colorado State University and the University of
Texas. The measurement protocol designed by the research group and
Cheniere will be field tested at facilities operated by the
participating companies, which include Kinder Morgan, Inc.,
Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, DT Midstream, Inc., and
Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Cheniere is also a participant in the
program through the Creole Trail Pipeline and Gillis compressor
station.
The midstream QMRV program involves a combination of
ground-based, aerial, and drone-based emissions monitoring
technologies. The midstream QMRV program requires emissions
monitoring over at least a six-month period, with all data
independently analyzed and verified by the project’s academic
partners. At the Gillis compressor station, the R&D initiative
will also test multiple continuous emissions monitors to assess the
performance of these technologies.
“Together with our partners on this project and across our LNG
value chain, we are working collaboratively to maximize the climate
benefits and environmental competitiveness of U.S. natural gas and
Cheniere’s LNG,” said Jack Fusco, Cheniere’s President and Chief
Executive Officer. “Including the Creole Trail Pipeline and Gillis
compressor station in this phase of our QMRV work further evidences
our commitment to science-based, data-driven environmental
transparency.”
“Emissions quantification requires scientifically rigorous
methods that are unique to each segment of the industry. This
first-of-its-kind R&D project will investigate emissions
performance at multiple midstream facilities not just by
short-duration spot checks, but over several months, employing
multiple monitoring technologies at multiple scales,” said Dan
Zimmerle, the principal investigator on the project from Colorado
State University who also serves as the Director of the school’s
Methane Emissions Program.
“It is vital for both public policy and science that we have
empirically driven measurement protocols, and importantly that the
complex and voluminous data collected is independently analyzed and
verified by the scientific community,” said Dr. Arvind Ravikumar,
from the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering’s
Sustainable Energy Development Lab.
About Cheniere
Cheniere Energy, Inc. is the leading producer and exporter of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States, reliably
providing a clean, secure, and affordable solution to the growing
global need for natural gas. Cheniere is a full-service LNG
provider, with capabilities that include gas procurement and
transportation, liquefaction, vessel chartering, and LNG delivery.
Cheniere has one of the largest liquefaction platforms in the
world, consisting of the Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi
liquefaction facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast, with expected total
production capacity of approximately 45 million tonnes per annum of
LNG in operation. Cheniere is also pursuing liquefaction expansion
opportunities and other projects along the LNG value chain.
Cheniere is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and has additional
offices in London, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, and Washington,
D.C.
For additional information, please refer to the Cheniere website
at www.cheniere.com and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain statements that may include
“forward-looking statements” within the meanings of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of
historical or present facts or conditions, included herein are
“forward-looking statements.” Included among “forward-looking
statements” are, among other things, (i) statements regarding
Cheniere’s financial and operational guidance, business strategy,
plans and objectives, including the development, construction and
operation of liquefaction facilities, (ii) statements regarding
regulatory authorization and approval expectations, (iii)
statements expressing beliefs and expectations regarding the
development of Cheniere’s LNG terminal and pipeline businesses,
including liquefaction facilities, (iv) statements regarding the
business operations and prospects of third-parties, (v) statements
regarding potential financing arrangements, (vi) statements
regarding future discussions and entry into contracts, (vii)
statements relating to Cheniere’s capital deployment, including
intent, ability, extent, and timing of capital expenditures, debt
repayment, dividends, and share repurchases, and (viii) statements
regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our business and
operating results. Although Cheniere believes that the expectations
reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they
do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these
expectations may prove to be incorrect. Cheniere’s actual results
could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors,
including those discussed in Cheniere’s periodic reports that are
filed with and available from the Securities and Exchange
Commission. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this
press release. Other than as required under the securities laws,
Cheniere does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking
statements.
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