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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6605-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6605-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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03 May 2021
Research article |
| 03 May 2021
| 03 May 2021
Concurrent variation in oil and gas methane emissions and oil price during the COVID-19 pandemic
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX,
USA
Benjamin Hmiel
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX,
USA
Ritesh Gautam
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX,
USA
Mark Omara
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX,
USA
Katherine A. Roberts
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX,
USA
Zachary R. Barkley
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Kenneth J. Davis
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Natasha L. Miles
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Vanessa C. Monteiro
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Scott J. Richardson
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Stephen Conley
Scientific Aviation, Boulder, CO, USA
Mackenzie L. Smith
Scientific Aviation, Boulder, CO, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Lu Shen
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Varon
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Aijun Deng
Utopus Insights, Inc., Valhalla, NY, USA
Xander Rudelis
Descartes Labs, Santa Fe, NM, USA
now at: Google LLC, Mountain View, CA, USA
Nikhil Sharma
Descartes Labs, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Kyle T. Story
Descartes Labs, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Adam R. Brandt
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Mary Kang
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Eric A. Kort
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Anthony J. Marchese
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Steven P. Hamburg
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX,
USA
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Short summary
The Permian Basin (USA) is the world’s largest oil field. We use tower- and aircraft-based approaches to measure how methane emissions in the Permian Basin changed throughout 2020. In early 2020, 3.3 % of the region’s gas was emitted; then in spring 2020, the loss rate temporarily dropped to 1.9 % as oil price crashed. We find this short-term reduction to be a result of reduced well development, less gas flaring, and fewer abnormal events despite minimal reductions in oil and gas production.
The Permian Basin (USA) is the world’s largest oil field. We use tower- and aircraft-based...
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