INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) - SOUTHEASTERN METHANE EMISSIONS QUANTIFICATION (SE-MEQ) STUDY THE INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY WILL CONDUCT A BROAD EFFORT TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL METHANE EMISSIONS ESTIMATE FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHEAST/GULF COAST REGION CALLED THE SOUTHEAST METHANE EMISSIONS QUANTIFICATION (SE-MEQ) STUDY. SE-MEQ ESTABLISHES AN UNPRECEDENTED UNDERSTANDING OF THE METHANE EMISSIONS FROM OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND INVOLVES A DIVERSE GROUP OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS, ACADEMICS, INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS. SE-MEQ WILL HAVE 3 MAIN OBJECTIVES: IMPROVE EMISSION FACTORS FOR SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF ASSETS THROUGH DETAILED MODELING AND MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS, COMBINE TOP-DOWN WITH BOTTOM-UP ESTIMATES AND ESTABLISH A REGIONAL METHANE EMISSIONS ESTIMATE, AND DISSEMINATE THE METHANE EMISSION INFORMATION TO A BROAD GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.