Speciation of VOC emissions related to offshore North Sea oil and gas production

Wilde, Shona E.; Dominutti, Pamela A.; Allen, Grant; Andrews, Stephen J.; Bateson, Prudence; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Colfescu, Ioana; France, James; Hopkins, James R.; Huang, Langwen; Jones, Anna E.; Lachlan-Cope, Tom; Lee, James D.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Weiss, Alexandra; Young, Stuart; Purvis, Ruth M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3741-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3741-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3741-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

Research article

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12 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 12 Mar 2021

Speciation of VOC emissions related to offshore North Sea oil and gas production

Shona E. Wilde, Pamela A. Dominutti, Grant Allen, Stephen J. Andrews, Prudence Bateson, Stephane J.-B. Bauguitte, Ralph R. Burton, Ioana Colfescu, James France, James R. Hopkins, Langwen Huang, Anna E. Jones, Tom Lachlan-Cope, James D. Lee, Alastair C. Lewis, Stephen D. Mobbs, Alexandra Weiss, Stuart Young, and Ruth M. Purvis

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RC1: 'Review of Wilde et al. “Speciation of VOC emissions related to offshore North Sea oil and natural gas production.”', Jessica Gilman, 20 Dec 2020
RC2: 'manuscript review', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Dec 2020
AC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1099', Shona Wilde, 29 Jan 2021

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Short summary

We use airborne measurements to evaluate the speciation of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from offshore oil and gas (O&G) installations in the North Sea. The composition of emissions varied across regions associated with either gas, condensate or oil extraction, demonstrating that VOC emissions are not uniform across the whole O&G sector. We compare our results to VOC source profiles in the UK emissions inventory, showing these emissions are not currently fully characterized.