The European Union (EU) Methane Regulation is the first to extend methane obligations to imported fossil fuels. It phases in obligations for EU importers built around importer transparency, methane measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) equivalence, and methane intensity performance. This paper assesses implications for oil and gas exporters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by examining trade data, MRV readiness, methane intensities, and EU penalty implementation.
