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Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development

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dc.contributor.authorCaulton, D.R.
dc.contributor.authorShepson, P. B.
dc.contributor.authorSantoro, R.L.
dc.contributor.authorSparks, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorHowarth, R. W.
dc.contributor.authorIngraffea, A.
dc.contributor.authorCamaliza, M.O.
dc.contributor.authorSweeney, C.
dc.contributor.authorKarion, A.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, K.J.
dc.contributor.authorStirm, B.H.
dc.contributor.authorMontzka, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-17T14:44:38Z
dc.date.available2019-01-17T14:44:38Z
dc.date.issued2014-04-29
dc.description.abstractThe identification and quantification of methane emissions from natural gas production has become increasingly important owing to the increase in the natural gas component of the energy sector. An instrumented aircraft platform was used to identify large sources of methane and quantify emission rates in southwestern PA in June 2012. A large regional flux, 2.0-14 g CH4 s-1 km-2, was quantified for a ?2,800-km2 area, which did not differ statistically from a bottom-up inventory, 2.3-4.6 g CH4 s-1 km-2. Large emissions averaging 34 g CH 4/s per well were observed from seven well pads determined to be in the drilling phase, 2 to 3 orders of magnitude greater than US Environmental Protection Agency estimates for this operational phase. The emissions from these well pads, representing ?1% of the total number of wells, account for 4-30% of the observed regional flux. More work is needed to determine all of the sources of methane emissions from natural gas production, to ascertain why these emissions occur and to evaluate their climate and atmospheric chemistry impacts.
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding was provided by the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University.
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Apr 2014, 111 (17) 6237-6242
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/60828
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1316546111
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas
dc.subjecthydraulic fracturing
dc.subjectunconventional gas
dc.titleToward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development
dc.typearticle
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/60288

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