United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76308
Offshore Industry: Methane
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10 September 2025
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19 September 2025 · Answer
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19 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is considering to implement robust leak detection and repair requirements to reduce wasted gas and methane emissions coming from North Sea oil and gas operators.
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10 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is considering to implement robust leak detection and repair requirements to reduce wasted gas and methane emissions coming from North Sea oil and gas operators.
Source: Commons
19 September 2025
Answer
The UK environmental regulators have established a Methane Technical Working Group to share knowledge and identify best practices for leak detection and emissions monitoring across oil and gas regulators both onshore and offshore. My Department’s Offshore...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-10/76308
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1833891
- uk · wq-1833891 · source updated 19 September 2025