The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has just signed and issued a plan to implement Decision No. 13/2024/QD-TTg dated August 13, 2024 of the Prime Minister promulgating the list of sectors and facilities emitting greenhouse gases that must conduct (updated) greenhouse gas inventories in Ca Mau province.
 

The branch of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group - Ca Mau Gas Company is one of the facilities emitting greenhouse gases that must conduct greenhouse gas inventory.

There are 06 areas that need to be reviewed for energy consumption data, capacity, and scale of facilities under the list of sectors required to conduct a greenhouse gas inventory. Specifically, the energy sector includes: energy production industries; energy consumption in industry, commerce, services, and households; and oil and natural gas extraction.

The transport sector includes: energy consumption in transportation.

Construction Sector: Energy consumption in the construction industry; Industrial processes in building material production.

Industrial processes in the production of building materials, including: Chemical manufacturing; Metallurgy; Electronics industry; Use of substances that replace ozone-depleting chemicals; Production and use of other industrial products.

Agriculture, forestry, and land use sector: Animal husbandry (livestock); Crop cultivation; Forestry and land-use change; Energy consumption in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; Other emissions sources in agriculture.

Waste Management: Landfill of solid waste; Biological treatment of solid waste; Incineration and open burning of waste; Wastewater treatment and discharge.

In addition, there are facilities in the province that are required to carry out greenhouse gas inventory under the management of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, including: PetroVietnam Power Corporation Ca Mau (Ca Mau 1 and 2 Power Plants); Ca Mau Petrochemical Fertilizer Joint Stock Company; Branch of Vietnam Gas Corporation - Cà Mau Gas Company; and Cong Ly Trading - Service - Tourism Co., Ltd. (Ca Mau City Waste Treatment Plant).

The implementation of greenhouse gas inventory aims to promptly carry out regulations on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the ozone layer; to collect information and data on sources of greenhouse gas emissions, calculate the amount of emissions, and assess the absorption of greenhouse gases to soon integrate legal regulations on greenhouse gas mitigation into practical life.