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Two days in Geneva at the 13th UNECE Group of Experts on Gas. A few things I'm taking back to the office: • Energy security and affordability are back as the dominant frame for policy choices. • Electrification is accelerating, pulled along by digitalisation and AI, but where the electricity comes from is also relevant. • IPIECA's members and several other organisations are calling methane reduction the fastest emissions lever available to them right now. • CATF brought concrete numbers: up to ~200 bcm of gas currently lost to flaring could be recovered and brought to market, satellite data is being used in domestic regulatory frameworks, and there's real movement on methane abatement across Central and East Asia. • Lower methane intensity is starting to function as a commercial differentiator. • Finance follows what can be measured and verified. That came up repeatedly, from very different seats around the table. There were also diverging views in the room, particularly on the pace and feasibility of new MRV requirements. The common thread across most of these: better data, better decisions and verification that can be trusted at scale is the means for collaboration. That's our work at AIRMO. We measure methane emissions from multiple sources so operators, regulators, and financiers can work from the same numbers. Thanks to the organisers and to Valérie Ducrot for the useful exchange during the session. #Energy #Methane #Decarbonisation #SatelliteData #UnitedNations Branko Milicevic

What happens when your customer is also the one you're watching from space? 🛰️ I was excited to joined the Further, Faster Podcast (thanks Antler and Christoph Klink for the invitation) to talk about that — the tension (and the opportunity) in selling methane monitoring data to the oil and gas industry. We covered a lot of ground: how AIRMO thinks about transparency as a product, what it takes to build a space-tech company in Europe with conviction, and the question that sits at the heart of everything we do — when methane data from orbit becomes truly undeniable, who’s most terrified about the truth? Full episode in the comments.

Grateful to Martha Vasquez for the invitation to the Caspian Methane Emissions Leadership Roundtable, organized by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This was exactly the kind of conversation the Central Asia needs right now: direct, transparent, and with the right people in the room, including regional energy companies, international organizations, and technology providers who are actively working on methane monitoring and abatement. The discussion was honest about where things stand. The Caspian region has made real progress on methane measurement in recent years, but delivery at scale will require much deeper coordination, stronger baselines, and funded implementation, not just a handful of isolated projects. From AIRMO’s side, we shared our perspective on practical methane monitoring and our engagement with Turkmenistan. Last year, we had a constructive exchange with Turkmen counterparts during an OSCE-supported visit to Germany, which included a technical introduction to satellite methane monitoring and a live demonstration of our advanced air- and ground-level solutions at an operational gas infrastructure site. What mattered most was the hands-on nature of the exchange: from satellite detection to LDAR workflows aligned with OGMP principles and EU methane regulation under real operational conditions. A few observations from the broader discussion felt especially important. There is significant concern in the industry around EU methane regulation, particularly as import requirements become more concrete. At the same time, there is clear momentum: more initiatives focused on methane measurement, greater willingness to launch new projects, more openness to sharing experience across the region, and growing interest in expanding financing opportunities for local stakeholders. There was also strong interest in closer engagement with the EU, in sharing costs across operators where joint initiatives make sense, and in adopting best practices faster instead of solving the same issues separately. Two operational points raised in the discussion deserve broader attention. First, the challenge of reconciliation remains real. Second, satellites should not be viewed only as reporting tools — their real value is operational, helping identify, prioritize, and track action over time. And one point deserves much more attention: finance. Faster methane abatement in the region will require much stronger collaboration with development banks and funding institutions. This was rightly highlighted, including by Environmental Defense Fund in the context of MFWG work. It is also an area AIRMO is actively working on, and one where we want to deepen collaboration to help unlock financing for methane mitigation across the Caspian. So, stakeholders are ready to collaborate, share best practices, and deploy new technologies. The next step is to convert that ambition into campaigns, practical capacity building, and funded implementation that reaches the field.

We just wrapped up the Methane Mitigation Summit Series in Amsterdam 🛰️ The energy in the room was different from last year. Regulation is no longer a future concern. Deadlines are landing, compliance gaps are real, and the conversations are getting sharper. Some takeaways: → Financial institutions are waking up to methane. Climate finance and bond market players want independent, attributed data — and satellites are increasingly on their radar. This is a new buyer category emerging in real time. → Satellites are finding their place — but there is still work to do. The most advanced operators are building multi-layer monitoring stacks and getting real value from space data. At the same time, we still hear "satellites don't work" — usually from teams testing them against use cases they were never designed for. Helping the industry match the right tool to the right problem remains part of our job. → The full-stack play wins. Wide-area screening + precision confirmation + automated reporting in one package. That's where this market is heading — and that's exactly what we're building. And the highlight of the summit? 🎉 Isabella Stocker from bp won our free monitoring lottery — 100 km² of observation capacity on our upcoming satellite. At AIRMO, we can't wait to put our tech to work for you! See you next year from orbit. #methane #climatetech #satellites #EUMER #oilandgas #AIRMO