Sunday, January 31, 2016

Reconciling divergent estimates of oil and gas methane emissions

More science: "Measured oil and gas methane emissions are 90% larger than estimates based on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and correspond to 1.5% of natural gas production. This rate of methane loss increases the 20-y climate impacts of natural gas consumed in the region by roughly 50%."



Zavala-Araiza D, Lyon DR, Alvarez RA, Davis KJ, Harriss R, Herndon SC, Karion A, Kort EA, Lamb BK, Lan X et al. . 2015. Reconciling divergent estimates of oil and gas methane emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51):15597-15602.



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Reconciling divergent estimates of oil and gas methane emissions

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