scholarly journals Greenhouse Gas Production and Transport in Desert Soils of the Southwestern United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1703-1717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Oerter ◽  
Jennifer V. Mills ◽  
Gregory E. Maurer ◽  
Laura Nielsen Lammers ◽  
Ronald Amundson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Desert Soils

scholarly journals Climate controls prokaryotic community composition in desert soils of the southwestern United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa A. McHugh ◽  
Zacchaeus Compson ◽  
Natasja van Gestel ◽  
Michaela Hayer ◽  
Lisa Ballard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Prokaryotic Community ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Desert Soils ◽  
Climate Controls

scholarly journals Closing the methane gap in US oil and natural gas production emissions inventories

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Rutherford ◽  
Evan D. Sherwin ◽  
Arvind P. Ravikumar ◽  
Garvin A. Heath ◽  
Jacob Englander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Component Level ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas

AbstractMethane (CH4) emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) systems are an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. In the United States, recent synthesis studies of field measurements of CH4 emissions at different spatial scales are ~1.5–2× greater compared to official greenhouse gas inventory (GHGI) estimates, with the production-segment as the dominant contributor to this divergence. Based on an updated synthesis of measurements from component-level field studies, we develop a new inventory-based model for CH4 emissions, for the production-segment only, that agrees within error with recent syntheses of site-level field studies and allows for isolation of equipment-level contributions. We find that unintentional emissions from liquid storage tanks and other equipment leaks are the largest contributors to divergence with the GHGI. If our proposed method were adopted in the United States and other jurisdictions, inventory estimates could better guide CH4 mitigation policy priorities.

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