Characterizing Fugitive Methane Emissions in the Barnett Shale Area Using a Mobile Laboratory

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 8139-8146

  Lan, Xin ^a   Talbot, Robert ^a   Laine, Patrick ^a,b   Torres, Azucena ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Mercury Instruments LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS COMPRESSORS; GAS PLANTS; GAS PRODUCERS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SHALE; SHALE OIL; SURGE PROTECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; COMPRESSOR STATIONS; FAT-TAILED DISTRIBUTIONS; GAS PROCESSING PLANT; GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING; METHANE EMISSIONS; MOBILE LABORATORIES; OIL AND NATURAL GAS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OIL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDFILL; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OIL SHALE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDFILL; MEASUREMENT; PLUME DISPERSION; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LABORATORY; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LABORATORIES; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEXAS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84936117935     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5063055     Document Type: Article

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