Assessment of methane and VOC emissions from select upstream oil and gas production operations using remote measurements, interim report on recent survey studies

Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 298-312

  Thoma, Eben D ^a   Squier, Bill C ^a   Olson, David ^b   Eisele, Adam P ^c   Dewees, Jason M ^b   Segall, Robin R ^b   Shahrooz Amin, M ^d   Modrak, Mark T ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^d ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fugitive emission; Ghg emissions; HAP emissions; Inspection; Methane; Mitigation; Mobile measurement; Oil and gas production; Remote sensing; Toxic air pollution; VOC emission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876095589     PISSN: 10526102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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