Sentences with phrase «fugitive methane leakage»

Many have voiced concerns that fugitive methane leakage from natural gas production diminishes the climate benefit of switching from coal to natural gas.

«The very limited current data on fugitive methane leakage also suggests that a relatively small number of oil and gas operations may be responsible for a large fraction of the methane leakage,» he said.

Not exact matches

While leakage rates of «fugitive methane» are currently around 4 percent according to EPA, they need to be at less than 1 percent of total production.

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.

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

Recent standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will substantially reduce leakage from natural gas systems, but to help slow the rate of global warming and improve air quality, further action by states and EPA should directly address fugitive methane from new and existing wells and equipment.