The Methane Mitigation Technologies program focuses on improving oil and natural gas pipeline reliability, safety, and security, as well as underground storage capabilities. The program also conducts research and development on natural gas to hydrogen, including evaluating the natural gas infrastructure for hydrogen transport and storage.
The methane mitigation technologies program focuses on:
- Natural gas – infrastructure to improve the efficiency, integrity, and reliability associated with the production, processing, transportation, storage, and export of domestic oil and natural gas resources
- Natural gas – hydrogen technologies to develop safe, reliable, and domestically derived hydrogen
Fossil fuel infrastructure is critical to providing affordable, reliable, and secure energy for American consumers and industry. The program will leverage natural gas infrastructure in the development of hydrogen production, transport, and storage to strengthen the U.S. energy landscape.
Programs and Initiatives
UNDOCUMENTED ORPHANED WELL RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Undocumented Orphaned Well Research Program aims to develop technologies and methodologies to enable the finding and characterization of undocumented orphaned wells by determining their physical locations, methane emissions, wellbore integrity, and any additional environmental impacts. This program focuses on undocumented orphaned oil and natural gas wells located on private, State, Federal and Tribal land across the United States.
METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM
Through the Methane Emissions Reduction Program, FE, EPA, and DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are partnering to provide up to $1.36 billion in financial and technical assistance to improve methane emissions monitoring, detection, measurement, and quantification and also reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector.
GREENHOUSE GAS SUPPLY CHAIN EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT, MONITORING, REPORTING, VERIFICATION FRAMEWORK WORKING GROUP
Through the Greenhouse Gas Supply Chain Emissions Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Framework Working Group, the Office of Resource Sustainability is engaging with importing and exporting countries, and U.S. stakeholders, to explore the need for a shared and broadly credible global framework for estimating greenhouse gas emissions across the natural gas supply chain.
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Last Updated: September 19, 2025