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Research article
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31 May 2023
Research article |
| 31 May 2023
| 31 May 2023
Satellite quantification of methane emissions and oil–gas methane intensities from individual countries in the Middle East and North Africa: implications for climate action
Zichong Chen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Ritesh Gautam
Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC, USA
Mark Omara
Environmental Defense Fund, Austin, TX, USA
Robert N. Stavins
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, USA
Robert C. Stowe
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, USA
Hannah Nesser
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Melissa P. Sulprizio
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Alba Lorente
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
Daniel J. Varon
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai,
Guangdong, China
Lu Shen
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics,
Peking University, Beijing, China
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Drew C. Pendergrass
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Sarah Hancock
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Trends, forecasting and adaptation strategies of climate change in the middle and west regions of Iraq W. Hassan et al.
- Predicting and correcting the influence of boundary conditions in regional inverse analyses H. Nesser et al.
- Seasonality and Declining Intensity of Methane Emissions from the Permian and Nearby US Oil and Gas Basins D. Varon et al.
- Assessing methane emissions and multiple benefits of mitigation through coupled crop-livestock system L. Li et al.
- Estimating Methane Emissions by Integrating Satellite Regional Emissions Mapping and Point-Source Observations: Case Study in the Permian Basin M. Gao & Z. Xing
- Efficient use of a Lagrangian particle dispersion model for atmospheric inversions using satellite observations of column mixing ratios R. Thompson et al.
- 2019–2024 trends in African livestock and wetland emissions as contributors to the global methane rise N. Balasus et al.
- Attributing 2019–2024 methane growth using TROPOMI satellite observations M. He et al.
- CHEEREIO 1.0: a versatile and user-friendly ensemble-based chemical data assimilation and emissions inversion platform for the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model D. Pendergrass et al.
- Quantifying urban and landfill methane emissions in the United States using TROPOMI satellite data X. Wang et al.
- Trends and seasonality of 2019–2023 global methane emissions inferred from a localized ensemble transform Kalman filter (CHEEREIO v1.3.1) applied to TROPOMI satellite observations D. Pendergrass et al.
- Concepts for drone based pipeline leak detection L. Bretschneider et al.
- Local-scale inversion of agricultural ammonia emissions: a case study on Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands S. Li et al.
- Satellite-Based Methane Emission Monitoring: A Review Across Industries S. Mehrdad & K. Du
- Microbial driver of 2006–2023 CH 4 growth indicated by trends in atmospheric δD–CH 4 and δ 13 C–CH 4 B. Riddell-Young et al.
- Recent advances in TROPOMI-based methane source detection: a systematic review R. Liu et al.
- Spatiotemporal air quality monitoring using Sentinel 5P in the arid region for environmental sustainability B. Halder et al.
- Satellite quantification of methane emissions from South American countries: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI and GOSAT observations S. Hancock et al.
- A survey of methane point source emissions from coal mines in Shanxi province of China using AHSI on board Gaofen-5B Z. He et al.
- Methane by the Numbers: The Need for Clear and Comparable Methane Intensity Metrics M. Johnson et al.
- Current potential of CH4 emission estimates using TROPOMI in the Middle East M. Liu et al.
- Worldwide inference of national methane emissions by inversion of satellite observations with UNFCCC prior estimates J. East et al.
- Assessing the Relative Importance of Satellite-Detected Methane Superemitters in Quantifying Total Emissions for Oil and Gas Production Areas in Algeria S. Naus et al.
- Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI) 2.0: an improved research and stakeholder tool for monitoring total methane emissions with high resolution worldwide using TROPOMI satellite observations L. Estrada et al.
- Quantifying Methane–Climate Interactions in Eastern Saudi Arabia Using Geospatial and Machine Learning Modeling M. Rahman et al.
- Quantifying CO emissions from boreal wildfires by assimilating TROPOMI and TCCON observations S. Voshtani et al.
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Short summary
We quantify methane emissions from individual countries in the Middle East and North Africa by inverse analysis of 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane. We show that the ability to simply relate oil/gas emissions to activity metrics is compromised by stochastic nature of local infrastructure and management practices. We find that the industry target for oil/gas methane intensity is achievable through associated gas capture, modern infrastructure, and centralized operations.
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