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Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States
Production of oil and natural gas in North America is at an all-time high due to the development and use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Methane emissions associated with this industrial activity are a concern because of the contribution to climate radiative forcing. We present new...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31992727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57678-4 |
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author | de Gouw, Joost A. Veefkind, J. Pepijn Roosenbrand, Esther Dix, Barbara Lin, John C. Landgraf, Jochen Levelt, Pieternel F. |
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description | Production of oil and natural gas in North America is at an all-time high due to the development and use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Methane emissions associated with this industrial activity are a concern because of the contribution to climate radiative forcing. We present new measurements from the space-based TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) launched in 2017 that show methane enhancements over production regions in the United States. In the Uintah Basin in Utah, TROPOMI methane columns correlated with in-situ measurements, and the highest columns were observed over the deepest parts of the basin, consistent with the accumulation of emissions underneath inversions. In the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, methane columns showed maxima over regions with the highest natural gas production and were correlated with nitrogen-dioxide columns at a ratio that is consistent with results from in-situ airborne measurements. The improved detail provided by TROPOMI will likely enable the timely monitoring from space of methane emissions associated with oil and natural gas production. |
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spelling | pubmed-69872282020-02-03 Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States de Gouw, Joost A. Veefkind, J. Pepijn Roosenbrand, Esther Dix, Barbara Lin, John C. Landgraf, Jochen Levelt, Pieternel F. Sci Rep Article Production of oil and natural gas in North America is at an all-time high due to the development and use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Methane emissions associated with this industrial activity are a concern because of the contribution to climate radiative forcing. We present new measurements from the space-based TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) launched in 2017 that show methane enhancements over production regions in the United States. In the Uintah Basin in Utah, TROPOMI methane columns correlated with in-situ measurements, and the highest columns were observed over the deepest parts of the basin, consistent with the accumulation of emissions underneath inversions. In the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, methane columns showed maxima over regions with the highest natural gas production and were correlated with nitrogen-dioxide columns at a ratio that is consistent with results from in-situ airborne measurements. The improved detail provided by TROPOMI will likely enable the timely monitoring from space of methane emissions associated with oil and natural gas production. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6987228/ /pubmed/31992727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57678-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article de Gouw, Joost A. Veefkind, J. Pepijn Roosenbrand, Esther Dix, Barbara Lin, John C. Landgraf, Jochen Levelt, Pieternel F. Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States |
title | Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States |
title_full | Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States |
title_fullStr | Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States |
title_short | Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States |
title_sort | daily satellite observations of methane from oil and gas production regions in the united states |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6987228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31992727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57678-4 |
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