Brascarbon Methane Recovery Project BCA-BRA-19

Integrity

The verification report confirms additionality through an investment test and says the VVB, ICONTEC, found no material findings and no corrective actions were required. The project also reports no reversal events, which is appropriate for a methane recovery activity, but the buffer pool percentage is not found in the extracted record and the baseline is project-specific rather than recently reassessed. Leakage is treated with a quantified 0% deduction, which is positive, though the underlying justification is only partially visible in the extracted data.

Transparency

The verification report provides the VVB name and a clear monitoring period from 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31, which helps traceability. However, the usage monitoring method is not stated in available documents, and the record does not provide a claimed-versus-verified emissions reduction comparison because total claimed emissions reductions are not found. Low extraction confidence further weakens confidence that the public documentation set is complete.

Claim Safety

Claim safety is helped by the VCS framework, VVB-confirmed additionality, and a quantified leakage deduction of 0%. Still, the baseline is project-specific, CORSIA eligibility is not stated, and several operational details relevant to over-crediting risk, such as verified usage rates, are not found in the extracted record. That leaves some residual uncertainty even though the core project type is relatively straightforward.

Documentation

Documentation is moderate rather than strong because 17 documents were used and the verification report is clean, with no material findings or corrective actions required. The score is pulled down by low extraction confidence and multiple missing or unstated items, including buffer pool coverage, baseline reassessment timing, and usage monitoring details. The crediting period is also not perfectly aligned across documents, which adds to the documentation uncertainty.

Overall

Overall, the project looks credible on core integrity, but the evidence package is incomplete enough to keep the score in the mid range. I privileged the 2025-07-10 verification report for the main facts because it is the most recent and authoritative document in the extracted set. The contradictions matter: leakage justification is shown as quantified in the later verification report rather than not addressed in an older document, reversal events are treated as none reported based on the later report, and the crediting period discrepancy was resolved in favor of the later date range because it is more recent and likely reflects the updated project record. Even so, the contradictions and low extraction confidence justify a downward adjustment to transparency and documentation.