Modern-Day Methane Indulgences for Sale to Shale Drillers

S&P Global Platts and Xpansiv have joined forces to launch a new benchmark for methane performance in natural gas production in the United States. Methane Performance Certificates (MPCs) allow a U.S. shale producer to sell instruments representing zero methane emission natural gas production. Our immediate impression was to think of medieval-era indulgences sold to atone for sins.

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