Toward a Functional Definition of Methane Super-Emitters: Application to Natural Gas Production Sites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 8167-8174

  Zavala Araiza, Daniel ^a   Lyon, David ^a   Alvarez, Ramón A ^a   Palacios, Virginia ^a   Harriss, Robert ^a   Lan, Xin ^b   Talbot, Robert ^b   Hamburg, Steven P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; METHANE EMISSIONS; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; OPERATING CONDITION; PRODUCTION SITES; SKEWED DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

METHANE; NATURAL GAS; AIR POLLUTANT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SHALE;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; TEXAS;

EID: 84936082814     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00133     Document Type: Article

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