Articles | Volume 25, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5371-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-5371-2025
Research article
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28 May 2025
Research article |  | 28 May 2025

Evidence of successful methane mitigation in one of Europe's most important oil production region

Gerrit Kuhlmann, Foteini Stavropoulou, Stefan Schwietzke, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, Andrew Thorpe, Andreas Hueni, Lukas Emmenegger, Andreea Calcan, Thomas Röckmann, and Dominik Brunner

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3494', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jan 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-3494', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jan 2025

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Gerrit Kuhlmann on behalf of the Authors (10 Feb 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (17 Feb 2025) by Tanja Schuck
AR by Gerrit Kuhlmann on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
A measurement campaign in 2019 found that methane emissions from oil and gas in Romania were significantly higher than reported. In 2021, our follow-up campaign using airborne remote sensing showed a marked decreases in emissions by 20 %–60 % due to improved infrastructure. The study highlights the importance of measurement-based emission monitoring and illustrates the value of a multi-scale assessment integrating ground-based observations with large-scale airborne remote sensing campaigns.
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