An employee looks at a methanation reactor during the inauguration of the H2 Factory, a Research and Innovation platform serving the development of renewable hydrogen, at ENGIE's new green gas and energy transition technology research center in Stains, near Paris, France, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier 

The Bermuda-flagged LNG tanker Methane Lydon Volney, is seen offshore of the islet of Revithoussa, Greece, September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

A sign that reads "no more methane in our community" is displayed in the home of a resident who lives near New Fortress Energy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal near San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gabriella N. Baez 

Japan's biggest city gas supplier Tokyo Gas conducts a pilot programme of methanation, a technology to help decarbonise city gas, at its research centre in Yokohama, near Tokyo June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi 

Japan's biggest city gas supplier Tokyo Gas conducts a pilot programme of methanation, a technology to help decarbonise city gas, at its research centre in Yokohama, near Tokyo June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi 

Japan's biggest city gas supplier Tokyo Gas conducts a pilot programme of methanation, a technology to help decarbonise city gas, at its research centre in Yokohama, near Tokyo June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi 

A sign of methane is pictured on a pipe in the underground gas storage facility run by Conexus Baltic Grid in Incukalns, Latvia, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

A sign of methane is pictured on a pipe in the underground gas storage facility run by Conexus Baltic Grid in Incukalns, Latvia, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

Britain's Prince Charles views a design at the Royal College of Art for the school's Terra Carta Design Lab Exhibition, a student-led design response to the planet's environmental challenges, in Battersea, London, Britain April 27, 2022. The prince discusses how cows produce methane gas from their mouth as well as the other place. Arthur Edwards/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's Prince Charles views a design at the Royal College of Art for the school's Terra Carta Design Lab Exhibition, a student-led design response to the planet's environmental challenges, in Battersea, London, Britain April 27, 2022. The prince discusses how cows produce methane gas from their mouth as well as the other place. Arthur Edwards/Pool via REUTERS 

Britain's Prince Charles views a design at the Royal College of Art for the school's Terra Carta Design Lab Exhibition, a student-led design response to the planet's environmental challenges, in Battersea, London, Britain April 27, 2022. The prince discusses how cows produce methane gas from their mouth as well as the other place. Arthur Edwards/Pool via REUTERS 

Dr Steven Morrison, Programme Leader in Sustainable Livestock Production at AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) in Northern Ireland, and Professor of Animal Science and Microbiology Sharon Huws at Queens University Belfast (QUB), pose for a photograph in front of dairy cattle at the AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) research farm in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, October 7, 2021. The dairy cattle are participating in a trial of being fed seaweed to offset methane emissions. "From having an understanding of what the animal's are producing, we then can look at mitigation options - how can we alter diets, how can we look at genetics of the animals, how can we really drive those greenhouse gas emissions down," said Morrison. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne SEARCH "KILCOYNE SEAWEED" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Sergey Zimov, 66, a scientist who works at Russia's Northeast Science Station, holds an ice crystal in the underground area where sample materials are stored in permafrost at the Pleistocene Park outside of the town of Chersky, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia, September 13, 2021. Zimov believes the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how permafrost thaw is already releasing greenhouse gas. Despite factories scaling back activity worldwide during the pandemic which also caused global transport to slow dramatically, Zimov says the concentration of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been growing at a faster rate. "Methane has never increased in the atmosphere at the speed it is today...I think this is linked to our permafrost," he said, citing data from a U.S.-managed network of global monitoring stations. Picture taken September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov SEARCH "PERMAFROST SHEMETOV" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Sergey Zimov, 66, a scientist who works at Russia's Northeast Science Station, smokes a cigarette as he sits at the Pleistocene Park outside the town of Chersky, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia, September 13, 2021. Zimov believes the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how permafrost thaw is already releasing greenhouse gas. Despite factories scaling back activity worldwide during the pandemic which also caused global transport to slow dramatically, Zimov says the concentration of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been growing at a faster rate. "Methane has never increased in the atmosphere at the speed it is today...I think this is linked to our permafrost," he said, citing data from a U.S.-managed network of global monitoring stations. Picture taken September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov SEARCH "PERMAFROST SHEMETOV" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A gas collection well head is shown at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill in Irvine, California where the methane collected is used to power 26,000 homes in neighboring Anaheim, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A gas collection well head is shown at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill in Irvine, California where the methane collected is used to power 26,000 homes in neighboring Anaheim, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A gas collection well heads are shown at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill in Irvine, California where the methane collected is used to power 26,000 homes in neighboring Anaheim, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A gas collection well head is shown next to a power plant at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill in Irvine, California where the methane collected is used to power 26,000 homes in neighboring Anaheim, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A gas collection well head is shown at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill composting area in Irvine, California where the methane collected is used to power 26,000 homes in neighboring Anaheim, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A gas collection well head is shown at the Frank R. Bowerman landfill in Irvine, California where the methane collected is used to power 26,000 homes in neighboring Anaheim, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A pipeline that moves methane gas from the Frank R. Bowerman landfill to an onsite power plant is shown in Irvine, California, California, U.S., June 15, 2021.Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

An aerial view of the SNAM underground gas storage facility in Minerbio, Italy, June 11, 2021. Picture taken with a drone on June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alex Fraser 

Bubbles of methane from old gas wells rise through the water in a small stream in Roan County, West Virginia, U.S., May 17, 2021. Picture taken May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Dane Rhys 

Charts show the number of abandoned oil and gas wells in the U.S. since 2000 and their estimated methane emissions. 

Calgren's renewable fuels facility that cleans dairy methane into natural gas is shown in Pixley, California, U.S., October 2, 2019. Picture taken October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Calgren's renewable fuels facility that cleans dairy methane into natural gas is shown in Pixley, California, U.S., October 2, 2019. Picture taken October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Calgren Environment, Health and Safety Coordinator Paul Lopez looks over the renewable fuels facility that cleans dairy methane into natural gas at his company's facility in Pixley, California, U.S., October 2, 2019. Picture taken October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Calgren Environmental, Health and Safety Coordinator Paul Lopez (L) talks with SoCalGas project manager Ty Korenwinder at the Calgren methane recycling plant in Pixley, California, U.S., October 2, 2019. Picture taken October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Calgren's renewable fuels facility that cleans dairy methane into natural gas is shown in Pixley, California, U.S., October 2, 2019. Picture taken October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

A gas analyser is seen at Lake Tornetrask near the village of Abisko, Sweden, August 1, 2019. Picture taken August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay 

Gas is extracted from a coalbed methane well in Jincheng, Shanxi province, China November 14, 2018. Picture taken November 14, 2018. REUTERS/David Stanway 

Gas is extracted from a coalbed methane well in Jincheng, Shanxi province, China November 14, 2018. Picture taken November 14, 2018. To match Insight CHINA-POLLUTION/ECONOMY. REUTERS/David Stanway 

Methane gas burns from the lava flow that crossed Kahukai St. in the Leilani Estates near Pahoa, Hawaii, U.S., May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Garcia 

People attend a meeting, chaired by Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (not pictured), after a methane gas explosion at the Stepova coal mine in Lviv region, Ukraine, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko/Pool 

Medics gather in a building at a compound of the Stepova coal mine after a methane gas explosion in Lviv region, Ukraine, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman (L) meets with employees as he visits the Stepova coal mine after a methane gas explosion in Lviv region, Ukraine, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko/Pool 

Madelyn Jones (L) holds a sign while rallying for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

People wear gas masks as they rally for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

Joni Spiers wears a gas mask while rallying for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

Joni Spiers wears a gas mask while rallying for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People hold signs as they rally for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

People hold signs as they rally for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

People hold signs as they rally for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

People hold signs as they rally for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

People hold signs as they rally for the permanent shut down of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood in Los Angeles, California February 19, 2016. The underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

Lydia Cua, 68, stands outside the Porter Ranch home where she has lived since 1991, near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. Cua said the gas leak has affected her whole family, and had caused her five-year-old grandson to vomit at night. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Music producer and sound engineer Matt Pakucko works in his Porter Ranch home near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. Pakucko moved into a hotel with his girlfriend after experiencing headaches, a hurt throat, watering eyes, and a persistent cough after the gas began to leak. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

A woman walks past a Porter Ranch sign at the gas company entrance gate near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Music producer and sound engineer Matt Pakucko works in his Porter Ranch home near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. Pakucko moved into a hotel with his girlfriend after experiencing headaches, a hurt throat, watering eyes, and a persistent cough after the gas began to leak. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Porter Ranch homes are seen near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Malind Kumbhojkar, 55, (L) stands with his daughter Simrun Kumbhojkar, 19, outside their Porter Ranch home near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. The family has lived in the home since 1997, but were forced to move into a nearby hotel. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

A mail woman delivers mail to Porter Ranch homes near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Homes are seen in Porter Ranch near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Homes are seen in Porter Ranch near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Homes are seen in Porter Ranch near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

A man cycles wearing a face mask near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Malind Kumbhojkar, 55, sits with his daughter Simrun Kumbhojkar, 19, in the garden of their Porter Ranch home near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. The family has lived in the home since 1997, but were forced to move into a nearby hotel. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Homes are seen in Porter Ranch near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A gas company sign marks a fence near the site of the Aliso Canyon storage field where gas has been leaking in Porter Ranch, California, United States, January 21, 2016. Long before the leak, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure. Under state regulations, the leaking well’s owner, Southern California Gas, faces a maximum penalty of $25,000 for the leak near Los Angeles, which is unprecedented in scale. The well has spewed methane - a potent greenhouse gas - since October and displaced thousands of people in nearby Porter Ranch. To match Exclusive LOSANGELES-GAS LEAK/REGULATION REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

Porter Ranch residents and supporters hold up signs as they listen to speakers at a meeting of air quality regulators to discuss potential rules against the utility that operates the site of a gas leak in Porter Ranch, in Diamond Bar, California, United States, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson