Monitoring Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations

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• Journal Title:
  PRX Energy
• Personal Author:
  Collins, William ; Orbach, Raymond ; Bailey, Michelle ; Biraud, Sebastien ; Coddington, Ian ; DiCarlo, David ; Peischl, Jeff ; Radhakrishnan, Anuradha ; Schimel, David
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) ; CSL (Chemical Sciences Laboratory)
• Description:
  The atmospheric concentration of methane has more than doubled since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Methane is the second-most-abundant greenhouse gas created by human activities and a major driver of climate change. This APS-Optica report provides a technical assessment of the current state of monitoring U.S. methane emissions from oil and gas operations, which accounts for roughly 30% of U.S. anthropogenic methane emissions. The report identifies current technological and policy gaps and makes recommendations for the federal government in three key areas: methane emissions detection, reliable and systematized data and models to support mitigation measures, and effective regulation.
• Source:
  PRX Energy, 1(1)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXEnergy.1.017001
• ISSN:
  2768-5608
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Physical Society (APS)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:679374134efb8bb3271af862cba6f754dfbb23fb8efaf201180ab9f256f530ba
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49776/noaa_49776_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.09 MB ]