Quantifying national, state, and oil/gas field methane emissions and trends in the US (2019–2024) through  high resolution inversion of satellite observations

Estrada, Lucas A.; Jacob, Daniel J.; He, Megan; East, James D.; Varon, Daniel J.; Balasus, Nicholas; Hancock, Sarah E.; Sulprizio, Melissa; Bowman, Kevin W.; Worden, John R.; Reidy, Emily; Runkle, Benjamin R. K.

doi:10.5194/acp-26-10629-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-10629-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-10629-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 14

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30 Jul 2026

Research article |

| 30 Jul 2026

Quantifying national, state, and oil/gas field methane emissions and trends in the US (2019–2024) through high resolution inversion of satellite observations

Lucas A. Estrada, Daniel J. Jacob, Megan He, James D. East, Daniel J. Varon, Nicholas Balasus, Sarah E. Hancock, Melissa Sulprizio, Kevin W. Bowman, John R. Worden, Emily Reidy, and Benjamin R. K. Runkle

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laestrada/CONUS_project_imi: Publication code, Version 1.0.0 Lucas Estrada et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21383461

geoschem/GCClassic: GCClassic 14.4.1 (Version 14.4.1) The International GEOS-Chem User Community https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12584192

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We use satellite observations to track US methane emissions from 2019–2024 at national, state, and oil and gas field scales. While total emissions remain stable, oil and gas emissions decline even as production rises, indicating progress in emissions management for the oil and gas sector.