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Methane Emissions from the Marcellus Shale in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia Based on Airborne Measurements
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2019
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(3), 1862-1878
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Description:Natural gas production in the United States has increased rapidly over the past decade, along with concerns about methane (CH 4) fugitive emissions and its climate impacts. Quanti fication of CH 4 emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) operations is important for establishing scienti fically sound policies for mitigating greenhouse gases. We use the aircraft mass balance approach for three flight experiments in August and September 2015 to estimate CH 4emissions from O&NG operations over the southwestern Marcellus Shale. We estimate a mean CH 4emission rate as 21.2 kg/s with 28% coming from O&NG operations. The mean CH 4emission rate from O&NG operations was estimated to be 1.1% of total
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(3), 1862-1878
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ISSN:2169-897X;2169-8996;
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-ND
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