Last August 12, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (“ANH“) issued Resolution No. 948 of 2022 (the “Resolution 948“), which adopts the guidelines that operators in charge of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities must follow to submit to the ANH: (i) the Program for Detection and Repair of Natural Gas Leaks (the “PDRF“) and (ii) the Emissions Baseline necessary for the quantification of these leaks (the “Baseline“).
Both instruments had been established by Resolution 40066 of 2022 (the “Resolution 40066“), issued by the Ministry of Mines and Energy last February with the purpose of establishing technical parameters for: (i) the detection and repair of natural gas leaks and (ii) their use to “reasonably avoid flaring and venting during hydrocarbon exploration activities”.
