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You Will Not Know What The Methane Charge Costs You Until The Bill Arrives.

The Waste Emissions Charge is $1,500 for every metric ton of methane above your threshold, and the spreadsheet everyone is using either ignores the threshold allowance or forgets the netting. Put your Subpart W figure in, get the number, see exactly which line moved it — on your phone, in the field, with no signal.

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The charge is not levied on your reported methane.
It is levied on what is left after four deductions.

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A dollar figure, not a ton figure

Your Subpart W submission gives you tons. The question the finance meeting is actually asking is what it costs. Enter the reported figure and the estimator returns the annual liability in dollars, at the rate for the year you are modelling.

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The threshold allowance, applied properly

Emissions below the statutory intensity threshold are not charged. The allowance is a percentage of gas sent to sale — 0.20% for production, 0.05% non-production, 0.11% transmission — and skipping it is the single most common way an in-house estimate comes out far too high.

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Exemptions and netting on the same page

Plugged and permanently shut-in wells, unreasonable permitting delay, the regulatory compliance exemption and below-threshold headroom netted from commonly owned facilities in the same basin. Each is its own line, so you can see what every one is worth.

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A page you can hand to finance

Print the estimate as a one-page summary with every input, every deduction, the rate applied and the total — or export CSV for the model. Save scenarios per facility and compare them side by side.

Six inputs, and every one is editable

Gross reported emissions

Your Subpart W methane figure for the year, in metric tons — or in Mcf, converted at a factor you can override with your own gas analysis.

Facility type

Production, non-production, transmission, or a manual entry. Sets the intensity threshold, which you can then change.

Gas sent to sale

The throughput the threshold allowance is calculated from. Leave it out and the tool warns you that the whole figure is being treated as liable.

Exemptions

Plugged and permanently shut-in wells, emissions from unreasonable permitting delay, and the regulatory compliance exemption.

Basin netting

Below-threshold headroom at other facilities under common ownership in the same basin, applied against this one.

The rate

$900 for 2024, $1,200 for 2025, $1,500 for 2026 and later — each editable, so a sensitivity case does not need a new tool.

Net liable emissions are floored at zero. A facility already under its threshold owes nothing, and the surplus is reported as headroom you may be able to net against another facility rather than as a negative charge.

The order the calculation runs in

Every line is shown, so the number is never something you have to take on trust.

  • Gross reported emissions — metric tons CH₄ for the reporting year.
  • Less the threshold allowance — intensity threshold × gas sent to sale.
  • Less exemptions — plugged wells, permitting delay, regulatory compliance.
  • Less basin netting — headroom from commonly owned facilities.
  • Times the rate — the per-ton charge for that reporting year. That is the estimate.

Field-ready. Built for the truck, not the office.

M Methane WEC Liability Estimator
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EstimatorSummarySavedHow it works
Estimated annual WEC liability
$487,500
325.00 mt CH₄ liable × $1,500 per mt · reporting year 2026
Breakdown
Gross reported emissionsSubpart W methane for 2026
1,180.00 mt
Threshold allowance0.20% of 18,750,000 Mcf sent to sale
− 720.00 mt
Plugged / shut-in wellsExempt emissions
− 95.00 mt
Basin nettingHeadroom from commonly owned facilities
− 40.00 mt
Net liable emissionsFloored at zero
325.00 mt
Rate appliedReporting year 2026
$1,500 / mt
Methane intensity 0.327%Threshold for this facility type is 0.20%.
Built for the people who have to answer for the number

Oil Rigs Now has served oilfield professionals since 2011. This is a planning estimator, not a regulatory filing tool — it does not submit anything to any agency, it does not measure any emissions, and it is not legal, tax or compliance advice. It applies the published thresholds, exemptions and rates to figures you supply, and shows every line so the result can be checked against your actual GHGRP Subpart W submission and confirmed with a qualified compliance advisor.

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$19
one-time · no subscription · no account
  • Unlimited estimates and saved scenarios
  • Threshold allowance from gas sent to sale
  • Three exemption lines plus basin netting
  • Editable rate table for 2024, 2025 and 2026 onward
  • Mcf to metric ton conversion with your own factor
  • Methane intensity checked against your threshold
  • Printable one-page summary and CSV export
  • Installs to your phone, works with no signal
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Everything stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded, no account is created, and the app keeps working when the truck has no bars.