Sentences with phrase «pipelines leak methane»
(Pipelines leak methane at much higher rates than previously understood, and methane is much more dangerous to the environment than carbon dioxide.)
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Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment.
«The possibility of methane leaks from the proposed Constitution Pipeline would be catastrophic to our air and our climate — and if this pipeline were approved, eminent domain would be used to seize land from farmers and homeowners.»
Methane, the main component of natural gas, is released from leaking pipelines, coal mines, oil wells, cattle, rice paddies and landfills.
Methane, which can leak from pipelines and valves, is a powerful greenhouse gas, with up to 80 times the potential of carbon dioxide to trap the planet's heat.
Researchers have developed an infrared imaging system that could one day offer low - cost, real - time detection of methane gas leaks in pipelines and at oil and gas facilities.
If methane leaks from the wells where it is produced, the pipelines that transport it or the power plants that burn it, the climate doesn't necessarily benefit.
At the time, Conley and his specially equipped plane were working with UC Davis on a California Energy Commission project searching for pipeline methane leaks.
Advocates for cuts also see a chance to curb leaks of methane from natural gas production and distribution pipelines.
The study, conducted by researchers at Purdue and Cornell universities and other institutions, is one of numerous studies conducted over the past several years that have discovered methane leaking from oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and hydraulic fracturing operations.
One option alluded to earlier in these pages could be citizen patrols to check for methane leaks from natural gas facilities: drilling operations, compressing stations or pipelines.
A Twitter comment on methane leakage from gas operations reminded me to add a note about another ripe opportunity for citizens to track gas leaks from drilling operations, compressing stations or pipelines: Raise money for some infrared cameras and then survey your region periodically.
To take one surprising example, leaks of methane from gas pipelines turned out to add significantly to global warming.
Methane — a primary component of natural gas — leaks from drilling sites and pipelines.
A set of specially equipped Google Street View cars have roamed the streets to detect methane leaks from natural gas pipelines.
Methane emissions that occur during drilling and from pipeline leaks also add to the so - called green house gas effect.
; and that «the benefits of cleaner, more efficient combustion of natural gas are largely offset by methane leakage in U.S. production and pipelines and by methane leaks and energy used in the process of liquefying and transporting the LNG.»
Under long - standing regulations, they said, it would be «in the public interest,» even though science has recently made it clear that the methane leaking from the fracked gas the pipeline will carry is worse than the burning of coal.
Included in life cycle carbon are substantial methane leaks from natural gas production and pipelines, the energy for drilling, mining, transport, refining, and disposal that are much more significant for fossil fuels and nuclear energy than for renewables.