A Workable Solution for Implementing the European Methane Regulation

The document details the phased reporting milestones of the European Methane Regulation (MER) for imported oil and gas, from 2025 to 2030. It highlights the difficulty importers face in obtaining production segment data and proposes a hybrid solution to attribute methane emissions while balancing environmental integrity with market practicality.

• The European Methane Regulation (MER) establishes a phased timeline of reporting requirements for imported oil and gas, starting with the location of producers and MRV/abatement details by May 5, 2025, and progressing to reporting methane intensity by August 5, 2028, and ensuring intensity is below a Commission-set threshold by August 5, 2030.
• Importers face a challenge in meeting MER requirements because the necessary information regarding production segment characteristics of imported gas is not currently shared routinely across supply chains.
• The report proposes a hybrid solution for attributing methane emissions across complex gas supply chains, designed to balance environmental integrity and accuracy with cost minimization, practicality, and the avoidance of market disruption or extraterritorial regulation.

APA

RMI (2025). A Workable Solution for Implementing the European Methane Regulation. https://rmi.org/resources/a-workable-solution-for-implementing-the-european-methane-regulation/

Chicago

RMI. A Workable Solution for Implementing the European Methane Regulation. 2025. https://rmi.org/resources/a-workable-solution-for-implementing-the-european-methane-regulation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2025workable, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{A Workable Solution for Implementing the European Methane Regulation}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/a-workable-solution-for-implementing-the-european-methane-regulation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }