Correction: Identification and characterization of high methane-emitting abandoned oil and gas wells (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2016) 113 (13636–13641) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605913113);Identification and characterization of high methane-emitting abandoned oil and gas wells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 48, 2016, Pages 13636-13641

  Kang, Mary ^a   Christian, Shanna ^b   Celia, Michael A ^c   Mauzerall, Denise L ^c,d   Bill, Markus ^e   Miller, Alana R ^c   Chen, Yuheng ^b   Conrad, Mark E ^e   Darrah, Thomas H ^f   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned wells; Climate change; High emitters; Methane emissions; Oil and gas development

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; CARBON; COAL; ETHANE; HYDROGEN; INERT GAS; ISOTOPE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PROPANE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COST; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; FLOW RATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84999006662     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711230114     Document Type: Erratum

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