Methane Abatement in the Oil and Gas Sector: Costs and Opportunities for Key African and Latin American Countries
Substantial methane emissions reductions are achievable across nine major oil and gas producing countries in Africa and Latin America using existing technologies, and in many cases at relatively low cost. But abatement costs vary considerably across countries, shaped by infrastructure availability, regulatory frameworks, gas utilization opportunities, and access to financing.
Using a bottom-up marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) approach, this analysis provides country-specific estimates of both methane emissions reduction potential and updated cost estimates which reflect elements of the economic, policy, and infrastructure context in which companies operate, rather than aggregate global averages.
