The oil and gas sector accounts for 40% of methane emissions worldwide and we know that our current methods of accounting for those emissions are not accurate. For gas to have a meaningful role in low-carbon, low-cost energy systems, methane emissions must be accurately measured and effectively reduced. In this podcast, Erin Blanton, Executive Director of Future Energy Systems at the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), outlines efforts to improve the measurement of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry so that we can more effectively accelerate efforts to reduce them.
About Erin Blanton
Erin Blanton, Executive Director of Future Energy Systems at the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), outlines efforts to improve the measurement of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry so that we can more effectively accelerate efforts to reduce them. Erin Blanton is Executive Director of Future Energy Systems at GTI, where she leads GTI's methane emissions mitigation solutions strategy and is building a new program focused on the role of natural gas infrastructure in facilitating energy transitions and supporting a net-zero future. Erin joined GTI from Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, where she led the Natural Gas Research Initiative and the Center's ESG research as a senior research scholar. There, her work focused on the role of natural gas in energy transitions and energy markets and investment. She has also written extensively on best practices for oil and gas ESG investing.