Methane

EC 200-812-7

projects tracked
52
active
36
producing plants
18

Also known as CH4, метан, metano, Biogas, 天然气 (Tianranqi) and 2 more.

Methane projects

chemXplore tracks 52 projects involving methane, of which 36 are active.

38 produce it, 15 use it as feedstock, and 1 captures it.

  1. 10 projects Announced / Concept
  2. 8 projects FEED / Pre-FID
  3. 1 project FID / Sanctioned
  4. 13 projects Under Construction
  5. 4 projects Commissioning & Start-up

Of the active ones, 25 new construction, 5 expansion, 4 conversion / repurposing and 2 revamp / retrofit.

Expected start-up, by year
0 2 4 6 8 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031

11 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.

What moved recently

  • 15 October 2026 Essar Oil & Gas Raniganj East CBM Acreage Expansion, West Bengal · Announced / Concept · India
  • 14 October 2026 MOL Szarvas Biogas Plant biomethane upgrading unit · Commissioning & Start-up · Hungary
  • 22 September 2026 Arkema Jarrie SMR Hydrogen Unit · Operational / Completed · France
  • 17 September 2026 EnergyPathways Hycamite hydrogen and graphite plant at Port of Barrow · Announced / Concept · United Kingdom
  • 16 September 2026 EnviTec Friesoythe Biomethane Conversion, Germany · Announced / Concept · Germany

Latest news on methane

22 October 2026
Aemetis brings two more dairy biogas digesters online

Two digesters added to a 14-unit network feeding 36 miles of pipeline to a Keyes RNG plant; Keyes fueling station to begin truck deliveries in November 2026.

15 October 2026
Sinopec PBST biodegradable mulch film deployed in Yingkou 10,000‑mu rice project

PBST mulch film applied across 10,000‑mu rice paddies, saving water and fertilizer, eliminating herbicide use, improving fertilizer efficiency and cutting methane emissions.

15 October 2026
Essar Oil & Gas adds five CBM blocks across West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana

Five CBM blocks totalling ~1,281 sq. km awarded across three states with an estimated 6.6 TCF gas‑in‑place; contracts signed Oct 15, 2026 under SCBM‑2025/2026 rounds.

15 October 2026
MOL Group opens first biomethane plant in Szarvas

Built for more than HUF 2.7 billion, the Szarvas plant will produce >7 million m3/yr of pipeline‑quality biomethane—replacing gas for ~8,500 households—using regional meat and agricultural wastes.

13 October 2026
Moeve and ENSO partner to decarbonize industrial cogeneration with biomass and renewable gases

Agreement targets replacing fossil-fuel cogeneration with biomass, biomethane and e-fuels using biogenic CO2 for high-thermal industries.

13 October 2026
Carbon Neutral Fuels' FlexSAF redesign boosts Project Starling output

Flexible plant design merges eSAF and advanced bioSAF on one brownfield site, raising Starling output from 25,000 to ~42,000 tpa and cutting per-tonne costs.

5 October 2026
Centalion Group buys Haynesville upstream and midstream gas portfolio from Silver Hill

Portfolio includes ~300 MMcfd current net production, ~72,000 net acres in Haynesville/Bossier and ~300 gross operated development locations, with midstream capacity and long‑term gas agreements.

5 October 2026
Carbon Neutral Fuels seeks community input on Siddick SAF facility

Drop-in on 15 Oct to view early plans for a 40-acre SAF plant at Siddick producing ~42,000 t/yr and creating 500 construction and 150+ permanent jobs.

1 October 2026
Uniper reserves NovaSAF capacity from Syzygy Plasmonics in Latin America

Buyer reserves future biogas-to-SAF capacity from planned Central and South American facilities, supporting dual-certified bio and RFNBO SAF supply for EU mandates.

30 September 2026
Uniper and Biotrend assess Turkish biomethane for European markets

Assessing conversion of Turkish waste-based biogas plants to biomethane for export to the EU via existing gas grids.

Methane plants by country

chemXplore tracks 18 plants producing methane in 8 countries.

plants

The 4 with the most plants, of 8 countries.

Methane producers

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The 3 with the most plants, of 13 producers.

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