Articles | Volume 26, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-2941-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-2941-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Surveying methane point-source super-emissions across oil and gas basins with MethaneSAT
Luis Guanter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environmental Defense Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Javier Roger
Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Jack Warren
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
Maryann Sargent
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Zhan Zhang
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Sébastien Roche
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Christopher Chan Miller
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Michael Steiner
Environmental Defense Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Harvey Hadfield
Environmental Defense Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mark Omara
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
James Williams
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
Katlyn MacKay
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
Jonathan E. Franklin
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Bingkun Luo
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Steven C. Wofsy
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Steven P. Hamburg
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
Ritesh Gautam
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, USA
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Short summary
We evaluate the potential of the MethaneSAT satellite mission to detect and quantify methane plumes from high emitting point sources and use the existing MethaneSAT data archive to evaluate super-emissions from the most important oil and gas basins in the world.
We evaluate the potential of the MethaneSAT satellite mission to detect and quantify methane...
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