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Production, it's commonsense type things to try to make sure that we don't -- we get rid of leaks. like we get rid of methane leaking and we could make an impact. >> you know, chuck, it's always been the low-hanging fruit, if you will, in the fight against climate change. methane, as president biden said, is one of the most potent greenhouse gases on earth. it traps 30 times more heat as carbon dioxide but breaks down much faster. much of the methane that happens, much of those emissions comes from oil and gas production. often it's flared off. it goes out and goes into the atmosphere. now wha...

Infrared camera. the amount of methane leaking from the basin in texas is enough to heat 7 million homes for a year. this new regulation would require oil companies to detect and capture, which is a good business model. it is just wasted fuel. but that would go a long way. it's as much sort of heat-trapping pollution as all the cars in the united states in 2019. they think they can cut 41 million tons of methane. you can't fix the entire climate crisis until you tackle this methane problem, which is better known as natural gas. >> yeah. they're making some incremental progress here in scotland...

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Bore. someone could. the pressure could break it and then that would be a real problem. they don't want that to happen. they want to see the pressures stay where they are and they don't want to see oil leaking from someplace else. they did see some methane leaking from two mile ace way, but admiral allen says we do not think this has anything to do with breakage anywhere along the well bore. we do know some bubbles are coming up from around the top up here, from where the old blowout preventer was. it's not a perfect seal. we knew it wasn't a perfect seal the last time because oil was coming o...