Governance & Policy

EU Methane Regulation

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Definition

The EU Methane Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2024/1787, requires oil, gas and coal operators to measure, report and verify methane emissions, carry out leak detection and repair, and bans most routine venting and flaring. It extends transparency requirements to imported fossil energy, obliging importers to provide methane performance data.

References

EUR-LexRegulation (EU) 2024/1787 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector

Legal text, MRV and LDAR obligations

Overview

What it means

Methane — a potent short-lived greenhouse gas — becomes subject to enforceable operational rules rather than voluntary pledges.

How it is used

Operators build LDAR programmes; importers gather supplier methane data; regulators compare performance across supply chains.

Why it matters

Cutting methane is the fastest lever to slow near-term warming, and this is the first major import-covering methane law.

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19 Aug 2026
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