Methane Emissions Management Training Course

Duration 10 days 18 modules · 65 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Environmental Managers, Oil and Gas Operations Managers and others
Fee from USD 2,200 KSh 190,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 9 Nov 2026 Course code SD-CCA-005

Before you join: Participants should understand basic greenhouse-gas accounting, operational data and spreadsheet calculations.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Methane emissions create immediate climate, operational and commercial exposure. Releases from oil and gas equipment, coal mines, landfills, wastewater systems and agricultural operations can represent lost product, safety hazards, reporting weaknesses and missed abatement opportunities. Organisations need defensible inventories, reliable measurements and practical mitigation plans that stand up to operational scrutiny, investor questions and regulatory review.

This course develops the methods used to identify, measure, quantify and reduce methane emissions. Participants work with source inventories, LDAR programmes, optical gas imaging, continuous monitoring, direct measurement methods, emission factors, mass balance and inventory reconciliation. They assess mitigation options for fossil fuel, waste and agricultural sources; build marginal abatement cost curves; establish data-quality controls; and prepare reporting evidence aligned with GHG Protocol, IPCC guidance, OGMP 2.0 and ISO 14064-1.

Teaching combines focused technical briefings, worked calculations, sector cases, group analysis, simulated measurement and repair decisions, and structured application planning. Participants begin building a site- or asset-based methane management package during the first week, then test and improve it using measurement evidence, cost data and governance requirements during the second. The course runs for 10 days, either in a classroom in 50+ cities or live online, with approximately 6.5 contact hours daily from 08:30 to 16:30. Participants receive a certificate of completion and leave with a practical methane measurement, mitigation and reporting package adaptable to their own operations.

What you will be able to do

  • Map methane sources and organisational boundaries using GHG Protocol and IPCC categories
  • Design a methane measurement plan with suitable detection limits, methods and QA/QC controls
  • Calculate source-level methane emissions using emission factors, direct measurements and mass balance
  • Interpret LDAR, optical gas imaging, continuous monitoring and aerial survey evidence
  • Reconcile bottom-up inventories with site-level measurements and document uncertainty
  • Evaluate methane mitigation options using marginal abatement cost curves and implementation criteria
  • Develop methane governance, data management and reporting controls aligned with OGMP 2.0
  • Present a complete asset-level methane management plan with justified priorities and milestones

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Ability to specify fit-for-purpose methane surveys and monitoring programmes
  • Confidence interpreting methane measurements, detection limits and uncertainty statements
  • Practical skill in building methane abatement business cases
  • Evidence-based approach to answering assurance and investor questions
  • Reusable asset-level methane management package for workplace application

For your organisation

  • More credible methane inventories supported by documented evidence and QA/QC controls
  • Earlier identification and repair of product-loss and safety-related methane releases
  • Better prioritisation of abatement spending using cost and emissions reduction data
  • Stronger readiness for methane disclosure, verification and regulatory inspection
  • Clearer accountability between operations, environmental teams, contractors and management

Course modules

18 modules over 10 days

Participants can explain methane emission pathways and frame a management response around climate, operational and reporting priorities.

  • Atmospheric methane properties, lifetime, radiative forcing and oxidation pathways
  • Short-lived climate pollutant framing alongside carbon dioxide inventory reporting
  • Source categories: fossil fuel systems, agriculture, waste and wastewater
  • Distinguishing biogenic, thermogenic and fossil methane using source evidence
  • Climate, safety, product-loss and regulatory consequences of unmanaged releases
  • Abatement hierarchy: avoid, detect, repair, recover, destroy, report

Participants can define reporting boundaries and create an operational methane source map.

  • Organisational boundaries under equity share, financial control and operational control
  • Operational boundary mapping for Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions
  • Asset registers linking equipment tags, streams, owners and emission sources
  • Process flow diagrams identifying vents, fugitives, combustion and abnormal releases
  • Materiality screening using throughput, prior measurements, complaints and incident records
  • Source inventory taxonomy aligned with GHG Protocol and IPCC categories

Participants can calculate methane emissions using appropriate tiers, factors and operational data.

  • Tiered quantification selection: measured data, engineering estimates and emission factors
  • IPCC 2019 Refinement methods for stationary combustion and fugitive emissions
  • Mass-balance calculations from gas composition, flow, pressure and temperature
  • Emission factor selection, unit conversion and heating-value basis checks
  • Uncertainty ranges calculated through error propagation and sensitivity analysis
  • Data-quality scoring for temporal, technological, geographical and completeness dimensions

Participants can design a measurement plan that matches sources, decisions, risks and available resources.

  • Measurement objectives translated into detection limits, accuracy and decision thresholds
  • Monitoring plans linking source classes, frequencies, methods and accountable roles
  • Representative sampling strategies for intermittent, episodic and continuous emissions
  • Baseline surveys establishing source prevalence, emission rates and operating conditions
  • Quality assurance plans covering calibration, custody, validation and corrective actions
  • Field safety controls for hydrocarbons, confined spaces and hazardous atmospheres

Participants can establish an LDAR programme with inspection, repair and verification controls.

  • LDAR programme architecture for valves, connectors, pumps, seals and tanks
  • EPA Method 21 screening with flame ionisation and photoionisation detectors
  • Instrument calibration, response factors and background concentration management
  • Leak definition thresholds matched to regulation, risk and repair capacity
  • Tagging conventions, work-order integration and repair verification records
  • Directed inspection routes prioritised by equipment population and failure history

Participants can select and interpret remote monitoring technologies for defined asset and source conditions.

  • Optical gas imaging principles, detection constraints and survey documentation
  • Drone-mounted sensors for inaccessible assets and rapid post-event screening
  • Continuous monitoring systems: sensor placement, alert logic and maintenance
  • Satellite data interpretation using plume attribution, detection thresholds and revisit intervals
  • Airborne surveys compared by spatial coverage, sensitivity, cost and response speed
  • Measurement technology selection using source rate, site geometry and weather

Participants can apply suitable quantification methods to component, source and facility-level methane emissions.

  • High-flow sampler measurements for component-level fugitive emission quantification
  • Bagging techniques for accessible sources with stable capture conditions
  • Tracer-release methods estimating facility-scale emissions under suitable meteorology
  • Downwind measurement surveys using Gaussian plume and inverse modelling concepts
  • Combustion slip quantified from exhaust concentration, flow and operating data
  • Vent-rate calculations from pressure, orifice size, composition and duration

Participants can reconcile inventories with measured evidence and document material uncertainty.

  • Bottom-up inventories reconciled against site-level and aerial measurement results
  • Source attribution hypotheses tested against process conditions and maintenance history
  • Measurement-informed inventory adjustment rules, version control and audit trails
  • Temporal alignment of surveys, production data, shutdowns and upset events
  • Bias diagnosis for missed sources, detection limits and sampling error
  • Reconciliation memos documenting assumptions, discrepancies, decisions and residual uncertainty

Participants can identify and rank methane reduction measures for oil and gas operations.

  • Zero-routine-flaring principles, flare pilots, purge rates and destruction efficiency
  • Pneumatic device replacement options: instrument air, electric and low-bleed controls
  • Vapour recovery units sized from tank flash-gas composition and flow
  • Compressor seal, rod-packing and blowdown reduction measures
  • Associated gas capture assessed against gathering capacity and operating constraints
  • Mitigation option screening using abatement cost, feasibility and emission reduction

Participants can assess coal mine methane sources and evaluate feasible capture or control options.

  • Methane pathways from active mines, drainage systems and abandoned workings
  • Pre-mining drainage, gob wells and ventilation-air methane control methods
  • Ventilation-air methane oxidation limits, concentration requirements and safety controls
  • Drainage gas utilisation for power, heating, pipeline injection or flaring
  • Abandoned mine methane inventories using records, field surveys and models
  • Mine methane projects assessed for ownership, safety and monitoring obligations

Participants can improve methane capture and control plans for waste and wastewater systems.

  • Landfill gas generation estimated with first-order decay models
  • Cover integrity inspections targeting cracks, wells, headers and condensate systems
  • Gas collection optimisation through wellfield balancing and vacuum management
  • Flaring and energy recovery performance verified through flow and methane concentration
  • Anaerobic digestion leak pathways at digesters, storage and biogas upgrading systems
  • Wastewater methane controls through covered lagoons, capture and treatment upgrades

Participants can assess agricultural methane sources and develop credible reduction approaches.

  • Enteric methane drivers linked to herd productivity, feed quality and animal health
  • Feed additives assessed for efficacy, persistence, safety and local approval
  • Manure management pathways: storage covers, anaerobic digestion and solids separation
  • Rice water-management practices including alternate wetting and drying protocols
  • Farm measurement constraints addressed through activity data, sampling and seasonality
  • Adoption plans incorporating farmer economics, extension support and verification needs

Participants can build and use a financial case to prioritise methane reduction investments.

  • Marginal abatement cost curves built from capital, operating and emission data
  • Discounted cash-flow analysis for methane projects with product recovery revenues
  • Prioritisation matrices combining safety, emissions, cost, maturity and implementation time
  • MACC assumptions tested through sensitivity analysis for gas price and uptime
  • Implementation sequencing aligned with turnarounds, maintenance windows and procurement lead-times
  • Business cases distinguishing avoided loss, compliance cost and climate value

Participants can assess methane project claims, contractual issues and disclosure requirements.

  • Carbon credit additionality, baseline, permanence and leakage concepts for methane
  • Article 6 considerations for authorised mitigation outcomes and corresponding adjustments
  • Voluntary credit project risks: methodologies, validation, verification and issuance
  • Disclosure-ready methane metrics for annual reports, lenders and procurement questionnaires
  • Contract clauses assigning gas ownership, measurement access and performance obligations
  • Regulatory registers tracking applicable limits, reporting deadlines and inspection requirements

Participants can establish accountable methane management controls and assurance processes.

  • Methane management policy defining commitments, boundaries, responsibilities and escalation paths
  • RACI matrices assigning monitoring, repair, data approval and reporting accountabilities
  • Standard operating procedures for detection, triage, repair and closure
  • Contractor controls specifying competence, instrumentation, records and notification requirements
  • Management review packs using leading indicators, lagging indicators and exceptions
  • Internal audit tests for evidence quality, control design and corrective action

Participants can create traceable methane data and reporting controls suitable for assurance.

  • Data architecture linking field observations, work orders, production and inventory systems
  • Data dictionaries defining source codes, units, timestamps and mandatory fields
  • QA/QC checks detecting duplicates, implausible values, missing records and unit errors
  • OGMP 2.0 reporting levels and source-level reporting expectations
  • ISO 14064-1 evidence files supporting verification and reproducible calculations
  • Dashboard indicators tracking detected, repaired, recurring and residual emissions

Participants can prepare an actionable methane programme with targets, resources and escalation arrangements.

  • Site methane action plans structured around baselines, targets, measures and milestones
  • Target setting using absolute, intensity and source-specific performance metrics
  • Incident response protocols for major releases, public notifications and root-cause analysis
  • Change-management plans addressing workforce routines, contractor adoption and supervisor ownership
  • Procurement specifications for monitoring services, repair materials and performance reporting
  • Implementation risk registers covering technical, financial, legal and operational barriers

Participants can build, review and present a complete asset-level methane measurement, mitigation, governance and reporting plan.

  • Capstone brief defining asset boundary, decision context and methane objectives
  • Source inventory and measurement plan supported by stated data-quality assumptions
  • Quantification workbook reconciling bottom-up estimates with measurement evidence
  • Prioritised mitigation portfolio with cost, emissions, owners and delivery dates
  • Governance, QA/QC and reporting controls mapped to implementation requirements
  • Executive presentation defending recommendations, uncertainties, trade-offs and next actions

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Methane source inventory template
  2. Measurement and LDAR programme plan
  3. Emission quantification and reconciliation workbook
  4. Marginal abatement cost curve model
  5. Methane governance and QA/QC checklist
  6. Asset-level methane management action plan

Who should attend

  • Environmental Managers — responsible for emissions inventories, permits and environmental performance
  • Oil and Gas Operations Managers — accountable for fugitive emissions, flaring and asset reliability
  • Sustainability Reporting Managers — preparing methane disclosures and verification evidence
  • EHS Professionals — managing release prevention, field controls and contractor oversight
  • Waste and Wastewater Managers — improving landfill gas and biogas capture performance
  • Climate and Energy Analysts — evaluating methane baselines, projects and abatement investments

Skills and tools covered

Methane source inventoriesEmission measurement designLDAR programme managementInventory reconciliationAbatement cost analysisMethane reporting controls

Tools and standards

GHG Protocol, IPCC 2019 Refinement, OGMP 2.0, ISO 14064-1

How the course runs

Training methodology

The instructor uses short technical briefings followed by sector cases from oil and gas, mining, waste, wastewater and agriculture. Participants analyse source inventories, select measurement methods, interpret sample monitoring results, calculate emissions and compare mitigation investments. Group exercises examine repair prioritisation, measurement discrepancies, reporting evidence and incident decisions. Simulations test choices under weather, budget, access and data-quality constraints. Application planning begins in the first week and develops into an asset-level methane management package during the second week.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should understand basic greenhouse-gas accounting, operational data and spreadsheet calculations. Experience in environmental management, oil and gas operations, mining, waste management, agriculture, energy, sustainability reporting or engineering is useful. Participants should be comfortable reading process diagrams, equipment records and simple financial estimates. Prior field measurement experience is not required, and the course does not assume advanced atmospheric science, programming, laboratory analysis or specialist instrument certification. Participants should bring an operational challenge, asset type or reporting need they can use for application planning.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

Participants need basic familiarity with greenhouse-gas reporting, operational data and spreadsheet calculations. The course explains specialist measurement methods, atmospheric concepts and methane technologies without assuming prior field-monitoring experience.

Bring a laptop capable of using spreadsheets and, where permitted, a current methane, emissions or operational challenge. Useful materials include equipment lists, process diagrams, existing inventories, monitoring records or annual reporting requirements.

It suits environmental, operations, EHS, sustainability, engineering, waste and energy professionals with responsibility for methane sources or reporting. It is particularly relevant to organisations operating oil and gas assets, mines, landfills, wastewater facilities, biogas plants or agricultural programmes.

General carbon accounting courses focus on organisation-wide GHG inventories and reporting boundaries. This course concentrates on the technical and operational work behind methane measurement, leak detection, source quantification, mitigation design and evidence-based reporting.

Participants can use the templates to map methane sources, improve LDAR arrangements, test inventory assumptions and prioritise repair or capture projects. The final asset-level plan provides a structured starting point for discussions with operations, finance, contractors and senior management.

The first week establishes source inventories, measurement methods, quantification and reconciliation. The second week applies these methods to sector mitigation, economics, reporting, governance and implementation, ending with a capstone presentation. Each day runs from 08:30 to 16:30 with about 6.5 contact hours.

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