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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6127-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6127-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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06 Jun 2023
Research article |
| 06 Jun 2023
| 06 Jun 2023
Quantification of oil and gas methane emissions in the Delaware and Marcellus basins using a network of continuous tower-based measurements
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Kenneth Davis
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Natasha Miles
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Scott Richardson
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Aijun Deng
Utopus Insights, Inc, Valhalla, NY, USA
Benjamin Hmiel
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX, USA
David Lyon
Environmental Defense Fund, 301 Congress Ave., Suite 1300, Austin, TX, USA
Thomas Lauvaux
GSMA, University of Reims-Champagne Ardenne, UMR CNRS 7331, Reims, France
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- A Review of Offshore Methane Quantification Methodologies S. Riddick et al.
- Continuous weekly monitoring of methane emissions from the Permian Basin by inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations D. Varon et al.
- Potential Underestimate in Reported Bottom-up Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations in the Delaware Basin S. Riddick et al.
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- Methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain: Characteristics and mitigation H. Lu et al.
- Methane intensity and emissions across major oil and gas basins and individual jurisdictions using MethaneSAT observations J. Williams et al.
- Seasonality and Declining Intensity of Methane Emissions from the Permian and Nearby US Oil and Gas Basins D. Varon et al.
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- Addressing Low-Cost Methane Sensor Calibration Shortcomings with Machine Learning E. Kiplimo et al.
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- Assessing the Potential Impact of Fugitive Methane Emissions on Offshore Platform Safety S. Riddick et al.
- Detection of local-scale changes in greenhouse gas emissions in urban environments using micrometeorological methods and comparison to a high-resolution inventory H. Kenion et al.
- Estimating Total Methane Emissions from the Denver-Julesburg Basin Using Bottom-Up Approaches S. Riddick et al.
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- U.S. Ethane Emissions and Trends Estimated from Atmospheric Observations M. Zhang et al.
- Quantifying Methane Emission Rates Using Downwind Measurements S. Riddick
- A Review of Offshore Methane Quantification Methodologies S. Riddick et al.
- Continuous weekly monitoring of methane emissions from the Permian Basin by inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations D. Varon et al.
- Potential Underestimate in Reported Bottom-up Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations in the Delaware Basin S. Riddick et al.
- Influence of synoptic weather patterns on methane mixing ratios in the Baltimore/Washington region S. Sahu et al.
- Methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain: Characteristics and mitigation H. Lu et al.
- Methane intensity and emissions across major oil and gas basins and individual jurisdictions using MethaneSAT observations J. Williams et al.
- Seasonality and Declining Intensity of Methane Emissions from the Permian and Nearby US Oil and Gas Basins D. Varon et al.
- Assessment of methane emissions from US onshore oil and gas production using MethaneAIR measurements K. MacKay et al.
- Predicting and correcting the influence of boundary conditions in regional inverse analyses H. Nesser et al.
- Comparative Performance of Gaussian Plume and Backward Lagrangian Stochastic Models for Near-Field Methane Emission Estimation Using a Single Controlled Release Experiment A. Upreti et al.
- Geospatial variation in carbon accounting of hydrogen production and implications for the US Inflation Reduction Act V. Vallejo et al.
- Aerial LiDAR-Based, Source-Resolved Methane Emissions Inventory: Permian Basin Case Study for Benchmarking U.S. Emissions C. Donahue et al.
- Design, Build, and Initial Testing of a Portable Methane Measurement Platform S. Riddick et al.
- Addressing Low-Cost Methane Sensor Calibration Shortcomings with Machine Learning E. Kiplimo et al.
- Laboratory and field assessment of mid-infrared absorption (MIRA) instrument performance for methane and ethane dry mole fractions Y. Liu et al.
- Assessing the Potential Impact of Fugitive Methane Emissions on Offshore Platform Safety S. Riddick et al.
- Detection of local-scale changes in greenhouse gas emissions in urban environments using micrometeorological methods and comparison to a high-resolution inventory H. Kenion et al.
- Estimating Total Methane Emissions from the Denver-Julesburg Basin Using Bottom-Up Approaches S. Riddick et al.
- Deployment-invariant probability of detection characterization for aerial LiDAR methane detection M. Thorpe et al.
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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.
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