Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. crude oil pipeline accidents: 1968 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: Crude oil pipelines are considered as the lifelines of energy industry. However, accidents of the pipelines can lead to severe public health and environmental concerns, in which greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily methane, are frequently overlooked. While previous studies examined fugitive emissions in normal operation of crude oil pipelines, emissions resulting from accidents were typically managed separately and were therefore not included in the emission account of oil systems. To bridge this knowledge gap, we employed a bottom-up approach to conducted the first-ever inventory of GHG emissions resulting from crude oil pipeline accidents in the United States at the state level from 1968 to 2020, and leveraged Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the associated uncertainties. Our resu

SUBMITTER: Lu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature