Quantification of oil and gas methane emissions in  the Delaware and Marcellus basins using a network  of continuous tower-based measurements

Barkley, Zachary; Davis, Kenneth; Miles, Natasha; Richardson, Scott; Deng, Aijun; Hmiel, Benjamin; Lyon, David; Lauvaux, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6127-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6127-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6127-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

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06 Jun 2023

Research article |

| 06 Jun 2023

Quantification of oil and gas methane emissions in the Delaware and Marcellus basins using a network of continuous tower-based measurements

Zachary Barkley, Kenneth Davis, Natasha Miles, Scott Richardson, Aijun Deng, Benjamin Hmiel, David Lyon, and Thomas Lauvaux

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6127-2023-supplement

Data sets

In-situ tower atmospheric methane mole fraction and isotopic ratio of methane data N. L. Miles, D. K. Martins, S. J. Richardson, T. Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, B. J. Haupt, and C. Rella https://doi.org/10.18113/D3SG6N

Permian Basin: in-situ tower greenhouse gas data V. Monteiro, N. L. Miles, S. J. Richardson, Z. Barkley, B. J. Haupt, and K. J. Davis https://doi.org/10.26208/98y5-t941

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Using methane monitoring instruments attached to towers, we measure methane concentrations and quantify methane emissions coming from the Marcellus and Permian oil and gas basins. In the Marcellus, emissions were 3 times higher than the state inventory across the entire monitoring period. In the Permian, we see a sharp decline in emissions aligning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tower observational networks can be utilized in other basins for long-term monitoring of emissions.