Sentences with phrase «natural gas production sites»
The Environmental Protection Agency reports that 477,606 pneumatic (gas actuated) devices are in use at natural gas production sites throughout the U.S.
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This work presents direct measurements of methane emissions from multiple sources at onshore natural gas production sites incorporating operational practices that have been adopted or become more prevalent since the 1990s.
Estimates show that natural gas production sites leak from 1 percent to 10 percent or more of their methane.
«Similarly, a small group of sources within these two categories are responsible for the vast majority of pneumatic and unloading emissions at natural gas production sites.»
The study team believes this research, published Dec. 9 in Environmental Science & Technology, will help to provide a clearer picture of methane emissions from natural gas production sites.
A team of researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and environmental testing firm URS reports that a small subset of natural gas wells are responsible for the majority of methane emissions from two major sources — liquid unloadings and pneumatic controller equipment — at natural gas production sites.
The research team measured emissions from 377 gas actuated (pneumatic) controllers at natural gas production sites and a small number of oil production sites throughout the U.S.
Significant leaks of heat - trapping methane from natural gas production sites would erase any climate advantage the fuel offers.
«Similarly, a small group of sources within these two categories are responsible for the vast majority of pneumatic and unloading emissions at natural gas production sites.»
The EPA is expected to set Generally Achievable Control Technology (GACT) for these smaller stationary sources, such as gasoline distribution facilities and oil and natural gas production sites.
The UT researchers took measurements at 190 natural gas production sites — and nearly 500 wells — in every region of the United States where hydraulic fracturing is occurring.