Origins of oil and gas sector methane emissions: on-site investigations of aerial measured sources

MR Johnson, DR Tyner, BM Conrad - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Success in reducing oil and gas sector methane emissions is contingent on understanding
the sources driving emissions, associated options for mitigation, and the effectiveness of …

A measurement-based upstream oil and gas methane inventory for Alberta, Canada reveals higher emissions and different sources than official estimates

BM Conrad, DR Tyner, HZ Li, D Xie… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Mitigation actions and regulations to meet critical 2030 methane reduction targets under the
Global Methane Pledge are hampered by uncertainty in true levels of emissions and source …

Catalytic Heaters at Oil and Gas Sites May be a Significant yet Overlooked Seasonal Source of Methane Emissions

SA Festa-Bianchet… - … & Technology Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Successful reduction of oil and gas sector methane emissions to meet near-zero intensity
targets requires the identification and mitigation of all possible sources. One potentially …

Fence-Line Spectroscopic Measurements Suggest Carry-Over of Salt-Laden Aerosols into Flare Systems Is Common

ZR Milani, BM Conrad, CS Roth… - … Science & Technology …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pollutant emissions from gas flares in the upstream oil and gas (UOG) industry can be
exacerbated by aerosols of coproduced liquid hydrocarbons and formation water that …

Quantification of Gas Flaring from Satellite Imagery: A Comparison of Two Methods for SLSTR and BIROS Imagery

A Caseiro, A Soszyńska - Journal of imaging, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gas flaring is an environmental problem of local, regional and global concerns. Gas flares
emit pollutants and greenhouse gases, yet knowledge about the source strength is limited …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of unburned methane emissions in laboratory flames using mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging

J Belmar, D Santalices, S Sánchez, S Briz… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a novel method for measuring unburned methane (CH 4) emissions
in laboratory flames using mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging. Given the environmental …

Meeting the moment: Reducing methane emissions and the need for better diagnostics

M Wooldridge, J Stolzman - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2024 - Elsevier
Methane has over 80 times the greenhouse gas warming potential of carbon dioxide in the
short term (ie, 20-year timeframe). As a consequence, reducing methane emissions can …

Effect of the Design Parameters of the Combustion Chamber on the Efficiency of a Thermal Oxidizer

QH Cao, SW Lee - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbon monoxide is often produced during the incomplete combustion of volatile organic
carbon compounds in industry. In the combustion chamber for oxidizing carbon monoxide …

Measuring methane destruction efficiency in gas flares with dual comb spectroscopy

SC Coburn, N Harris, EA Miller, S Droste… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gas flaring is used as an alternative to venting when waste gases cannot be captured from
industrial processes such as oil and natural gas production, chemical processing, and waste …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying flare combustion efficiency using a long wave infrared Fourier transform spectrometer

P Lapeyre, NS Narayanan, M Larivière-Bastien… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, quantifying flare emissions has assumed new significance due to their
impact on climate change and human health. Imaging Fourier transform spectrometers …