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Methane Woes Vex Permian Producers' Effort to Win Gas Customers

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A growing glut of associated gas in the Permian Basin has producers eyeing growing markets along the US Gulf Coast, particularly LNG exports. But the region’s methane problem may prove an obstacle to competing in those arenas, especially as competing plays take collective action to improve methane intensity at a basin-wide level.

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Methane Emissions, Gas Supply, Policy and Regulation
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