Sentences with phrase «fugitive methane emissions»

These estimates do not account for fugitive methane emissions from natural gas production and transport (a subject of considerable debate and study), or the climate impacts of land - use change associated with biofuels development.

We outline a number of state and federal policies and industry best practices to cost - effectively reduce fugitive methane emissions.

«We'd like to get data for fugitive methane emissions as well.

June 1, 2015 Commissioner Workshop, in Support of the AB 1257 Report, on Fugitive Methane Emissions in California's Natural Gas System

Commissioner Workshop, in Support of the AB 1257 Report, on Fugitive Methane Emissions in California's Natural Gas System

But thanks to the University of Texas, the Environmental Defense Fund, and others, we have taken a tremendous step forward in filling in our knowledge about the exact nature of fugitive methane emissions.

If fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas systems are indeed five times greater than previously estimated, that would imply a leakage rate in the range of 5 - 15 percent of total production.

A University of Texas study from last year — sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund and the oil and natural gas industry — put fugitive methane emissions at 0.42 percent of total production.

Controlling Fugitive Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector calls on governments in oil and gas producing countries to determine whether they have effective regulations in place to minimize methane emissions.

Thus, although fugitive methane emissions reduce the short - term emissions benefit of coal - to - gas switching --- and should be addressed for that reason — they do not limit natural gas's potential as a bridge fuel to a low carbon future.

And a recent report from the World Resources Institute identifies several promising options for further limiting fugitive methane emissions.

Also, if fugitive methane emissions exceed 3 percent of total gas production, natural gas's climate advantage over coal disappears over a 20 - year time horizon.

However, this comparison fails to account for upstream fugitive methane emissions.

Fugitive methane emissions occur at every stage of the natural gas life cycle; however, the total amount of leakage is unclear.

We know a lot more about where fugitive methane emissions come from and how to address them.

The UT Austin measurements were also more recent and demonstrate the impact that the aforementioned EPA rules are having on fugitive methane emissions during the production stage.

Instrumented and optical fugitive methane emission surveys monitor well site or gathering and boosting station components within each company - defined area.

Any direct measurement data helps bring clarity to the confusing world of fugitive methane emissions.

These include increased use of renewable natural gas, reduced fugitive methane emissions, less need for synthetic fertilizers, and increased land restoration.

Fugitive methane emissions from distribution mains account for 32 percent of methane emissions from the U.S. natural gas distribution sector.

Using ethane as a tracer for fugitive methane emissions, his team found two high - emitting sites in the central United States.

The other major uncertainty surrounding the environmental impact of natural gas is the effect of methane leakages, or «fugitive methane emissions» along the delivery chain.

Stronger state and federal laws and regulations are also needed, however, for monitoring, evaluating, and mitigating the fugitive methane emissions associated with the production and distribution of natural gas.

A study released by Bankwatch in late January has shown that, due to fugitive methane emissions and burning of gas, the Southern Gas Corridor's climate footprint could be comparable to that of coal, the dirtiest source of energy, or even worse.

Fugitive methane emissions are 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat over a 100 - year period, and 86 times stronger over 20 years.

A carbon tax could come back to bite natural gas producers big time if the EPA decides, along the lines of Cornell University research, that fugitive methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing make natural gas as carbon - intensive as coal.

Fugitive methane emissions — which occur when natural gas is leaked or vented — are another avoidable climate change contributor.

More and more people are learning about how bad fracking is, even Robert F. Kennedy jr, came out and publicly admitted that Fracking is not a safe bridge away from fossil fuels and is worse for climate change then using coal because of the fugitive methane emissions that are released in the fracking process's.

Then again, to the extent that natural gas substitutes for coal in electricity generation (and fugitive methane emissions are low) and electric vehicles powered by relatively clean electricity substitute for gasoline and diesel, CO2 emissions over the next two decades could be far less than expected 10 years ago.

Second, he should push for federal regulations of the fracking industry to reduce water pollution and fugitive methane emissions.

Fugitive methane emissions from natural gas systems represent a significant source of global warming pollution in the U.S. Reductions in methane emissions are urgently needed as part of the broader effort to slow the rate of global temperature rise.

With the litany of policies and cost - effective technologies available to governments and industry, we can reduce fugitive methane emissions and take a step toward preventing the worsening impacts of climate change.

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light on a question that continues to vex industry executives and policymakers alike: How significant are fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas production?

But for the biggest emission on everyone's mind, greenhouse gases, natural gas also beats coal, emitting about two - thirds of the carbon - equivalent of coal, even with fugitive methane emissions.