Measuring emissions from oil and natural gas well pads using the mobile flux plane technique

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4742-4748

  Rella, Chris W ^a   Tsai, Tracy R ^a   Botkin, Connor G ^a   Crosson, Eric R ^a   Steele, David ^a  

^a PICARRO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL SHALE; SHALE OIL;

ARITHMETIC MEAN; BARNETT SHALE; DETECTION LIMITS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; METHANE EMISSIONS; OIL AND NATURAL GAS;

OIL WELLS;

METHANE; AIR POLLUTANT; NATURAL GAS;

CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; METHANE; OIL WELL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANEMOMETER; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MOBILE FLUX PLANE; OIL AND GAS FIELD; RURAL AREA; VELOCITY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; TEXAS;

EID: 84926436209     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00099     Document Type: Article

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