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the continued support of our bank group,” programmes support Cheniere’s climate of natural gas in the US, today announced
stated chief financial officer James Welch. “We strategy initiatives, including the company’s they have closed a certificate trade agreement
believe the results of this redetermination plan to provide cargo emissions tags (CE tags) (CTA) for certified, responsibly sourced
demonstrate the quality of our assets and the to customers beginning this year. natural gas. Bloom Energy has purchased
strength of our people.” The midstream QMRV work will be certificates for all of its US fleet’s natural gas
SURGE ENERGY US HOLDINGS, April 20, 2022 conducted by emissions researchers from consumption for the next two years from
Colorado State University and the University EQT. EQT’s certified natural gas became
of Texas. The measurement protocol designed available for sale in December 2021. The
ENERGY TRANSITION by the research group and Cheniere will agreement marks the realisation of Bloom’s
be field tested at facilities operated by the commitment made in July 2021 to convert its
Cheniere launches participating companies, which include fleet to certified gas.
Together, Bloom and EQT are leading the
Kinder Morgan, Inc., Williams Companies,
collaboration with Inc., MPLX LP, DT Midstream, Inc., and market for certified natural gas, which not
Crestwood Equity Partners LP. Cheniere is
only allows end-users to reduce the emissions
midstream companies, also a participant in the program through the associated with their value chain but also
incentives emissions reduction efforts by
Creole Trail Pipeline and Gillis compressor
technology providers and station. producers.
The midstream QMRV programme
By converting its US fleet of fuel cell
academic institutions to involves a combination of ground-based, installations – deployed at more than 700 sites
– to EQT’s certified natural gas, an estimated
aerial, and drone-based emissions monitoring
quantify, monitor, report technologies. The midstream QMRV 176,000 metric tons of CO2e emissions will
be avoided per year when compared to the
programme requires emissions monitoring
and verify GHG emissions over at least a six-month period, with all national average leak rate, the equivalent of
data independently analysed and verified
38,329 passenger vehicles taken off the road
Cheniere Energy today announced a by the project’s academic partners. At the annually.
collaboration with natural gas midstream Gillis compressor station, the R&D initiative The certificates purchased by Bloom
companies, methane detection technology will also test multiple continuous emissions from EQT represent gas production jointly
providers, and leading academic institutions monitors to assess the performance of these approved under both the MiQ Methane
to implement quantification, monitoring, technologies. Standard and the Equitable Origin
reporting and verification (QMRV) of CHENIERE ENERGY, April 19, 2022 EO100TM Standard for Responsible Energy
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at natural Development, which together provide a
gas gathering, processing, transmission, Bloom Energy Partners transparent, verified method for tracking
and storage systems specific to Cheniere’s environmental, social and governance (ESG)
supply chain. The program is intended to with EQT to bring certified performance. The certification standards
improve the overall understanding of GHG developed by MiQ and EO aim to bring
emissions and further the deployment of responsibly sourced natural transparency to an opaque market, drive
advanced monitoring technologies and demand for certified natural gas and help
protocols. This collaboration builds upon gas to current and future operators differentiate themselves through
Cheniere’s ongoing QMRV collaboration methane-emissions performance and overall
with natural gas producers and liquefied customers responsible energy production.
natural gas (LNG) shipping providers, both BLOOM ENERGY AND EQT, April 21, 2022
of which commenced in 2021. These QMRV Bloom Energy and EQT, the largest producer

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