Widespread Frequent Methane Emissions From the Oil and Gas Industry in the Permian Basin.

ABSTRACT: Emissions of methane (CH₄) in the Permian basin (USA) have been derived for 2019 and 2020 from satellite observations of the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) using the divergence method, in combination with a data driven method to estimate the background column densities. The resulting CH₄ emission data, which have been verified using model data with known emissions, have a spatial resolution of approximately 10 km. The CH₄ emissions show moderate spatial correlation with the locations of oil and gas production and drilling activities in the Permian basin, as well as with emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO_x). Analysis of the emission maps and time series indicates that a significant fraction of methane emissions in the Permian basin is

SUBMITTER: Veefkind JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature