• Policy

        • France

        • 2021

        Tariff shield & exceptionnal measures

        …households were capped at October 2021 levels until end 2021. Tariff control was extended until end June 2023, capping the rise at 15% from January 2023 levels. Gas retail tariffs were capped for households at October 2021 levels, until January 2023. Tariff control were extended until end June 2023, capping the rise for SMEs and small municipalities at 15% from February 2023 levels. 100 EUR Household subsidy  ("Indemnité inflation"), meant to compensate the rise in energy expenses, and sent to around 38 million low-income beneficiaries in December 2021.Energy vouchers of EUR 100 for gas and electricity to low…

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        • Portugal

        • 2022

        New measures to contain the rise in energy and agri-food prices

        …to contain energy and food prices: Temporary reduction of the Tax on Petroleum Products (ISP) equivalent to the reduction of VAT from 23% to 13%.Suspension of the increase in the carbon tax will be extended until December 31.Subsidy to companies suffering from increase in gas costs (30% of the increase in gas price up to EUR 400,000 per company).Agricultural sectors: Temporary VAT exemption for fertilizers and feed, and support credit line from treasury.Liquidity measure for manufacturers from treasury.For vulnerable families: extending the support measures for the price of gas cylinders to minimum social benefits…

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        • Honduras

        • 2022

        2022 Cooking gas price freeze

        In an effort to shield domestic consumers from the effects of the global energy crisis, the government of Honduras  froze the retail price of LPG cylinders meant for cooking at December 2020 levels, for the year 2022, subsidising the price difference.

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2016

        North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership: Methane in the O&G Sector

        …Mexico, and the U.S. committed to reducing methane in the oil and gas sector by 40-45% by 2025, covering new and existing sources nationwide.This announcement and commitment created a strong political push in the region, which culminated in the development and publishing of federal methane-specific regulations that are still in effect. Although the United States weakened some of its federal methane standards for the oil and gas sector in 2020, that country is now revisiting the standards and has proposed to strengthen them.This commitment is no longer considered active, as it was signed during previous…

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        • Ghana

        • 2016

        Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Measurement Regulations of 2016

        The Measurement Regulations aims to ensure an accurate measurement and allocation of petroleum related flows. Thus, oil and gas production must be metered according to referenced standards and measuring requirements.  The regulation also outlines operational and maintenance requirements regarding valves, flow meters and other gas process equipment. While not directly aimed at mitigating methane emissions, the obligation to ensure adequate measurement results in more accurate emission figures, enabling both indirect mitigation and greater transparency. 

        • Policy

        • Italy

        • 2019

        Capacity market

        The Capacity Market is a mechanism for regulating the capacity of the electricity market, which provides remuneration for operators based on the energy they are able to make available on the grid. The objective of this system, defined by the Ministerial Decree of 28 June 2019, is to guarantee the availability of electricity production capacity in the long term, in order to cope with the evolution of consumption. The actors most involved are operators who own gas-fired thermoelectric plants but also renewable sources, including for example pumped hydroelectric plants or those with an accumulation system. This new market represents…

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        • People's Republic of China

        • 2022

        Price regulation scheme

        In an effort to shield domestic consumers from the effects of the global energy crisis, the Chinese government enacted the legal means to freeze refined oil price for two month should the international price go beyond USD 130 per barrel, through an ad-hoc subsidy scheme to oil companies.

        • Policy

        • Netherlands

        • 2024

        Commitment Guarantee filling target for the coming two years (T03871)

        The government set seasonal filling ambition and targets of 80% of the storage volume of its four gas storages by the 1st of November of 2024 and 2025.

        • Policy

        • Kuwait

        • 2020

        Decree No. 5 for 2020: executive regulation for gas flaring following the Law No. 42 for 2014

        …Associated gas is defined as gas associated to oil extraction and found dissolved in the extracted oil and water. It limits the amount of flared gas to 5% of daily gas production, taking into account only flaring for maintenance and operational purposes (i.e flaring due to emergencies does not fall under this limit). Operators must inform the general environmental authority within two months of any emergency flaring, reporting the quantities and specifications of emitted gases. Furthermore, storage facilities are not allowed to flare imported gas.Operators must present at the start of every year anticipated flaring quantities and report…

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        • People's Republic of China

        • 2024

        Inner Mongolia plan for Green Hydrogen Pipeline Construction Development

        The Inner Monglia Energy Bureau plans to cordinate green markets within/outside the region, starting from pilot H2 pipeline projects as a near term step, to create a comprehensive network through optimized pipeline layout, and smart dispatch systems, and peak shaving storage such as fixed H2 tanks and underground caverns.

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