Understanding direct emission measurement approaches for upstream oil and gas production operations

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 2506-2515

  Modrak, Mark T ^a   Amin, S M ^a   Ibanez, J ^b   Lehmann, C ^b   Harris, B ^b   Ranum, D ^b   Thoma, Eben D ^c   Squier, Bill C ^c  

^a ARCADIS   (United States)

^b Sage Environmental Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct measurements; Fugitive emission; GHG; HAP; Methane; Oil and gas production; VOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876182139     PISSN: 10526102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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