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Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and SynthesisJoseph E. Aldy, Forest L. Reinhardt, and Robert N. StavinsWorking Paper 25-20 August 2025Resources for the FutureiAbout the AuthorsJoseph E. Aldy is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a university fellow of Resources for the Future (RFF), a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Aldy served as the Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, reporting through both the National Economic Council and the Office of Energy and Climate Change at the White House.Forest L. Reinhardt is the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and senior associate dean for Faculty Promotions and Tenure. He is the author of Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management, and serves on the Board of Tutors for the Harvard College concentration in Environmental Science and Public Policy, on the Steering Committee of the Harvard University Center for the Environment and of the HBS-Harvard Kennedy School Joint Degree Programs.Robert N. Stavins is a A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a university fellow of RFF, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Stavins directs the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Program in Public Policy, the Doctoral Program in Political Economy and Government, and the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. He also is co-chair of the Harvard Business School-Kennedy School Joint Degree Programs. Acknowledgements The authors are grateful for excellent research assistance by Bhavani K., Natalie Baker, and Alisha Shaparia, and valuable comments on a previous version of the manuscript by Lauren Beatty, Maureen Lackner, Gabe Lade, and Levi Marks. The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions—a Research Cluster of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University—provided financial support for this research. The authors, who are responsible for all remaining errors, can be reached at: joseph_aldy@hks.harvard.edu, freinhardt@hbs.edu, and robert_stavins@harvard.edu.Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and SynthesisiiAbout RFFResources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Its mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. RFF is committed to being the most widely trusted source of research insights and policy solutions leading to a healthy environment and a thriving economy. Working papers are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussio