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Natural gas production in the United States has increased 46 percent since 2006, but there has been no significant increase of total US methane emissions and only a modest increase from oil and gas activity, according to a new NOAA study.
The finding is important because it's based on highly accurate measurements of methane collected over 10 years at 20 long-term sampling sites around the country in NOAA's Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network, said lead author Xin Lan, a CIRES scientist working at NOAA.
"We analyzed a decade's worth of data and while we do find some increase in methane downwind of oil and gas activity, we do not find a statistically significant trend in the US for total methane emissions," said Lan. The study was published in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters.
[...] Methane is a component of natural gas, but it can also be generated by biological sources, such as decaying wetland vegetation, as a byproduct of ruminant digestion, or even by termites. Ethane is a hydrocarbon emitted during oil and natural gas production and is sometimes used as a tracer for oil and gas activity. By measuring ethane, which is not generated by biologic processes, scientists had hoped to produce an accurate estimate of petroleum-derived methane emissions.
A bit of good news.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday May 18 2019, @10:33AM
America's Oil & Gas Industry, at one time, was the envy of the entire World. The absolute envy. Until Cheatin' Obama took office. Bringing the Deepwater Horizon fiasco. So horrible, many people & many beautiful birds & eagles dieing (RIP!!). And, so much of our precious Oil & Gas wasted in that one.
I talked to American Petroleum Institute. And asked, what can we do to make American Oil & Gas Great Again? They said, "Sir, the Regulatory Burden has become so horrible. So horrible because Cheatin' Obama has us looking at our blowout preventers all the time. When we could be producing!" We listened, folks. And did MASSIVE REFORM. To take away the burden. And make our Industry the smartest, and safest anywhere. bsee.gov/newsroom/latest-news/statements-and-releases/press-releases/BSEE-sustains-safety-and-environmental [bsee.gov]
Tuesday, it was my great honor and pleasure to visit Hackberry, Louisiana. For the opening of the magnificent new Sempra Energy facility. Known as Cameron LNG. Liquid Natural Gas. They take the Natural Gas. That Mother Nature gives us. And -- this is very special -- they make it Liquid. Turn it into a Liquid Asset. It's called the Liquefy. And they're going to be selling that LNG all over the World. I made a tremendous deal with Germany, they're going to be buying our LNG. Instead of bringing the Natural Gas from Russia. Great deal for U.S.A. But, not so great for Russia, right? Believe me, the Russians hate me for that one!
Sempra, this is a company that came from High Tax, High Crime California. From San Diego where immigrants are flooding into our Country. And invested $10 BILLION in Louisiana. With incredible grit, skill, and pride, the 7,000 workers at Sempra Energy -- men, women & children -- are helping lead the American Energy Revolution. They are not only making our nation WEALTHIER but they are making America SAFER by building a future of American Energy INDEPENDENCE! Making America into the energy superpower of the world! MAGA!!!! pscp.tv/w/b6sdtjFvTlFsTFJub1dwUXd8MXJtR1BlQnJ5TmJKTmdXt1K4uoQ-a30yuXIlrj6Eg8kNT7V333RGl2cEEox- [www.pscp.tv]