plugging abandoned oil & gas wells = quantifiable methane abatement

The BCarbon Methane Capture and Reclamation Protocol (“the Protocol”) describes the technical approach required by BCarbon to certify GHG capture and associated land reclamation from the plugging of leaking abandoned oil and gas wells. As administrator of the Protocol, BCarbon’s goal is to ensure the complete, consistent, transparent, accurate, and conservative quantification and verification of GHG emission reductions associated with a methane capture and reclamation project (“Project”). The Protocol is designed to operate within a digital measurement, reporting, and verification (“digital MRV” or “d-MRV”) framework enabling automated, real-time data onboarding and data processing, quantification, and verifications. The BCarbon d-MRV framework is integrated with a registry that tracks the complete lifecycle of certified projects from project approvals, and issuance, serialization, transferring, and retirement of credits.