Methane's role in promoting sustainable development in the oil and natural gas industry

International Gas Union World Gas Conference Papers

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 3936-3956

  Bylin, Carey ^a   Robinson, Don ^b   Seastream, Sandra ^b   Gillis, Brian ^b   Bocanegra, Javier ^c   Ellwood, Bonnie ^d   Richards, Larry S ^e   Cornejo, Fernando ^f   Ishkov, Alexandr ^g   Akopova, Gretta ^h   Boyarchuk, Nadezhda ^h  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c PEMEX   (Mexico)

^d ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

^e Hy Bon Engineering   (United States)

^f Pluspetrol ^*  (Argentina)

^g Gazprom ^*  (Russian Federation)

^h VNIIGAZ Ltd   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cost effective; Energy efficiency; Methane; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955400736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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6. This is an average cost for retrofitting wet seal to dry seal systems. Actual costs may vary.
7. These are average costs and may not necessarily reflect actual implementation costs incurred by Pemex.
8. 3 9 Gas prices based on Northwest Pipeline region al costs.
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10. EPA. Natural Gas STAR Lessons Learned Replacing Wet Seals with Dry Seals in Centrifugal Compressors.
11. ibid same citation as 11
12. EPA/GTI/Clearstone. Identification and Evaluation of Opportunities to Reduce Methane Losses at Four Gas Processing Plants. June 20, 2002. .
13. ibid same citation as 11
14. ibid same citation as 11
15. ibid same citation as 11