Assessment of methane emissions from oil and gas production pads using mobile measurements

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14508-14515

  Brantley, Halley L ^a   Thoma, Eben D ^a   Squier, William C ^a   Guven, Birnur B ^b   Lyon, David ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; METHANE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TESTING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HYDROCARBON LIQUIDS; METHANE EMISSIONS; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE;

GAS INDUSTRY;

HYDROCARBON; METHANE; OIL; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; GAS PRODUCTION; METHANE; OIL PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; FIELD STUDY; GAS; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OTHER TEST METHOD; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLORADO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILES; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LINEAR MODELS; METHANE; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; TEXAS; WYOMING;

EID: 84918541003     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503070q     Document Type: Article

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