Georges Tijbosch

CEO MiQ

Georges Tijbosch is Chief Executive and Board Member at MiQ (Methane Intelligence), a not-for-profit climate tech foundation, providing the blueprint for the reduction of methane emissions in the oil and gas sector. Alongside RMI and SYSTEMIQ, Georges helped launch MiQ in 2019. Under Georges’ leadership, MiQ has become the largest certification initiative for methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, certifying over 5% of the global gas supply. Georges is the former Director of Origination at Centrica. Before that, Georges was a director at London investment bank commodity trading desks, including Director of Energy Sales at Goldman Sachs, Head of EMEA Energy Marketing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Head of EMEA Commodity Finance at JP Morgan. Georges began his career in 1996 at BP Benelux as Sales and Marketing Manager for fuels and lubricants and joined BP’s London trading floor in 2000 as Senior Marketer, Oil Derivatives.

Main Conference Day 2: Thursday 27th February

2:20 PM EU Methane Import Regulation and Certification – a Challenge and a Solution

A conversation between the two CEOs embracing the challenge: Georges Tijbosch (MiQ) and Jessica Shumlich (Highwood Emissions)

 

  • EU Methane import regulations are the first global methane regulations and perceived as complex. Glass half full or empty? 
  • Can security of supply and low methane emissions be achieved simultaneously? How to import LNG with so many known unknowns? 
  • How do we demonstrate the provenance (US, Algeria,…) of imported gas and its methane attributes? Certificates and the precedent of renewable electricity.  
  • Can we execute standardized methane MRV today? How do we know it will satisfy the Competent Authorities and the EU?
  • Reconciliation is considered complex and evolving. Can we streamline reconciliation of methane emissions data?
  • What’s the cost of compliance? Will compliance drive methane emissions lower? 


Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Georges.

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