A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells 1/16/2025

A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells Payne Institute Energy Finance Lab Director Brad Handler contributed to this article about how over the last two years, developers have generated roughly 5 million carbon credits from cleaning up...

Mines professor working to slow methane leaks in natural gas production

Mines professor working to slow methane leaks in natural gas production Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Dorit Hammerling co-founded Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) to directly implement processes to detect and stop natural gas leaks, and to provide...

BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan hit gas-flaring record in 2024

BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan hit gas-flaring record in 2024 Payne Institute Earth Observation Group provided the flaring data for BP’s largest terminal in Azerbaijan, Sangachal, which flared record-breaking amounts of gas in 2024 with their VIIRS Nightfire...

Colorado’s leadership on reducing methane more important than ever 12/18/2024

Colorado’s leadership on reducing methane more important than ever Erin Tullos, Stephen Curry, and Payne Institute Accelerated Methane Program Manager Simon Lomax write about how in the wake of the 2024 election, federal officials are expected to reassess the nation’s...