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Grid emission factor: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AM0009-GRID-EF
AM0009 — Recovery and utilization of gas from oil fields that would otherwise be flared or vented
About this methodology
Projects recover gas from oil fields that would otherwise be flared or vented and put it to use. The method measures emission reductions associated with gas recovery and displaced fuel supplies.
- Issued by
- CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
- Version
- 7.0 · source ·
- Status
- Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
- Climate outcome
- Emission reductions
- Activity
- Oil and gas
- Official page
- cdm.unfccc.int ·
- Also used by projects of
- Verra (VCS) (7 projects)
How methodology v3 reads projects of this type
What CarbonMeld reads
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Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AM0009 v07.0 Leakage para 31, p. 11). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AM0009-LEAKAGE
A confirmed investment analysis A-INVEST
The documents show a project-level additionality test, the validation confirmed it, and it is an investment analysis (a numeric test of the project's finances with and without carbon revenue).
Set by the methodology or the programme, not assessed by our current method
- not assessed
Social safeguards and consent of communities (FPIC): any such rules come from the programme, not the methodology. Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AM0009-SAFEGUARDS-FPIC
A methane activity the law requires A-LEGAL
The rule applies to projects that capture or avoid methane. These are landfill gas, manure, wastewater, composting and coal-mine methane. They also include orphan wells, oil and gas leaks, rice, enteric methane and household biogas. The documents state that the law requires the activity. Or the documents state that a law requires the capture of the gas. An activity that the law already requires is not additional. If the documents show that the baseline already deducts the amount that the law requires, CarbonMeld takes no point.
Not applicable to this type — never a gap in our current method
The criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.
- CM-N-BUFFERBuffer pool
- CM-N-PERMANENCE-REVERSALPermanence and reversals
- CM-N-FNRBFraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB)
- CM-N-USAGEUsage rate of the devices
- CM-N-DURABILITY-MEASUREMENTDurability of the storage
- CM-N-FEEDSTOCK-SUSTAINABILITYSustainability of the feedstock
- CM-N-END-USE-TRACKINGTracking of the end use
The general rules apply as well. Read the general rules.
The rules of methodology v2.2, as they were: the archived v2.2 page.
History and transitions
All 12 versions
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v07.0adopted 8 Nov 2013source
Remove requirements for specific case CPA-DDs and frequency of updating of eligibility criteria as these requirements are specified in the relevant standards; Simplify and streamline the procedure for the identification of the baseline …
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v06.0.0adopted 20 Jul 2012source
Clarify that the leakage emissions shall only be accounted for in project activities where the recovered gas is transported to a processing plant where it is processed into hydrocarbon products (e.g. dry gas, LPG and condensates) and where …
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v05.0.1adopted 2 Mar 2012source
Editorial amendment to: Correct the reference of common practice analysis; Correct the description of VF,y and description of point F in Figure 2 throughout the methodology; and Update the title of the methodological tool “Assessment of …
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v05.0.0adopted 25 Nov 2011source
Expand the applicability of the methodology to situations where: The associated gas and/or gas-lift gas is partially recovered and utilized on-site before the implementation of the project activity; Pre-treatment is done by movable or …
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v04.0adopted 25 Mar 2009source
Expand the scope of the methodology by allowing the use of gas coming to the surface from gas-lift systems; Modify the project activity diagram; Adjust the table for emission sources in the project boundary section; Include provisions to …
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v03.3adopted 28 Nov 2008source
Editorial revision to delete the term ‘transportation’ from the section “CH4 project emissions from venting, leak or flaring of the associated gas”.
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v03.2adopted 26 Sept 2008source
Editorial revision to correct equation 3 under project emissions.
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v03.1adopted 16 May 2008source
“Tool to calculate baseline, project and/or leakage emissions from electricity consumption” replaces the withdrawn “Tool to calculate project emissions from electricity consumption”.
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v03.0adopted 30 Nov 2007source
Expand the applicability of the methodology by introducing a new baseline scenario where the associated gas is vented in the absence of the project activity; Introduce an option of supplying part of the captured gas directly to the …
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v02.1adopted 22 Jun 2007source
The methodology was editorially revised to add the guidance provided by the Board at its thirty-second meeting (paragraph 23 of thirty-second meeting report) in the following sections: Projection and adjustment of project and baseline …
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v02.0adopted 13 May 2005source
Introduce project emissions from the transportation of the associated gas and project emissions from accidents.
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v01.0adopted 26 Mar 2004source
Initial adoption.
Top projects using AM0009
This page ranks projects using AM0009 by their CarbonMeld document-based ratings. The rank compares project ratings; it is not a rating of the methodology itself.
13 rated projects of the 66 tracked in this methodology · average rating 5.2/10 · ranked by CarbonMeld's document-based rating: additionality, quantification, permanence (where carbon is stored) and claim safety.
18 analysed project pages, A–Z →
Which registries list projects under AM0009?
In CarbonMeld's data, AM0009 projects are on 2 registries: CDM (59) and Verra (7). Being listed on a registry is not the same as being registered: the «Registered» column counts the projects each registry shows as registered, and credits are issued only after each verification.
| Registry | Projects | Registered | Projects list |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDM (UNFCCC) | 59 | 26 | See the list |
| Verra (VCS) | 7 | 1 | See the list |
Counts of project records in CarbonMeld's data, with or without a CarbonMeld analysis, so they can be larger than the ranking below. «Registered» counts the records whose current registry status is «registered», as last read (13 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.
- 4 5.7
- 5 5.4
- 6 5.3
- 7 5.1
- 8 5.1
- 9 5.1
- 10 5.1
- 11 5
- 12 5
- 13 4.1