Varuna Maharaj

In 2018, Shell announced a target to keep its methane emissions intensity, for both oil and gas, below 0.2% by 2025. Shell then joined the Oil & Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 in 2020 and has since implemented methane measurement campaigns across more than 100 operated assets spanning 8 countries. After achieving the OGMP 2.0 Gold Standard in methane reporting, Shell has built one of the most comprehensive methane datasets in the industry. This session will explore how Shell’s evolving methane measurement practices are influencing its abatement strategy and internal decision-making to enhance methane performance and achieve real reductions.

• Overcoming technical and operational challenges across diverse asset types
• Leveraging cross-functional collaboration to embed methane strategy company-wide
• Leveraging data sharing across the organisation to derive patterns or anomalies, and inform decision-making for methane abatement 

• Understand the current capabilities and limitations of satellite-based monitoring and what’s realistically achievable today
• Explore how major satellite operators, governments, and NGOs are collaborating and how satellite data is being used publicly
• Identify commercial models and partnership structures that turn satellite data into actionable intelligence while maintaining compliance and trust
• Debate the next frontier: AI integration, real-time analytics, and policy frameworks shaping the future of satellite innovation