A review of close-range and screening technologies for mitigating fugitive methane emissions in upstream oil and gas

TA Fox, TE Barchyn, D Risk… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Fugitive methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are targeted using leak detection
and repair (LDAR) programs. Until recently, only a limited number of measurement …

Reducing oil and gas well leakage: a review of leakage drivers, methane detection and repair options

K El Hachem, M Kang - Environmental Research: Infrastructure …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Oil and gas wells (OGWs) with integrity failures can be a conduit for methane and
contaminant leakage to groundwater aquifers, surface water bodies and the atmosphere …

Assessment of methane emissions from the US oil and gas supply chain

RA Alvarez, D Zavala-Araiza, DR Lyon, DT Allen… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Methane emissions from the US oil and natural gas supply chain were estimated by using
ground-based, facility-scale measurements and validated with aircraft observations in areas …

Closing the methane gap in US oil and natural gas production emissions inventories

JS Rutherford, ED Sherwin, AP Ravikumar… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Methane (CH4) emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) systems are an important
contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. In the United States, recent synthesis studies of …

Satellite-based survey of extreme methane emissions in the Permian basin

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter, YN Liu, DJ Varon… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Industrial emissions play a major role in the global methane budget. The Permian basin is
thought to be responsible for almost half of the methane emissions from all US oil-and gas …

Map** methane point emissions with the PRISMA spaceborne imaging spectrometer

L Guanter, I Irakulis-Loitxate, J Gorroño… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The detection and repairment of methane leaks from fossil fuel production activities have
been identified as a key climate change mitigation strategy. Several types of optical satellite …

Satellites detect abatable super-emissions in one of the world's largest methane hotspot regions

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reduction of fossil fuel-related methane emissions has been identified as an essential
means for climate change mitigation, but emission source identification remains elusive for …

Airborne methane remote measurements reveal heavy-tail flux distribution in Four Corners region

C Frankenberg, AK Thorpe, DR Thompson… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Methane (CH4) impacts climate as the second strongest anthropogenic greenhouse gas
and air quality by influencing tropospheric ozone levels. Space-based observations have …

Unveiling unprecedented methane hotspots in China's leading coal production hub: A satellite map** revelation

G Han, Z Pei, T Shi, H Mao, S Li, F Mao… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
China is likely the world's largest anthropogenic source of methane emissions, with coal
mine methane (CMM) being the predominant contributor. Here, we deploy 2 years of …