Constraining Oil and Natural Gas Methane Emissions using Ethane and Propane
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Constraining Oil and Natural Gas Methane Emissions using Ethane and Propane
PI: Paul O. Wennberg
Research Team: Ariana Tribby
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Climate Science Initiative
2020 Explorer grant
This project will use a suite of hydrocarbon measurements, and their economic trends, to improve the diagnosis of methane emissions from one its largest contributors – energy production. The increasing abundance of methane contributes significantly to global warming. Mitigating such emissions is therefore important for reducing anthropogenic climate change. Methane emissions result from numerous natural and anthropogenic activities. Using multiple alkane tracers, we will apportion losses from this sector to before and after the post-gas processing processes. We anticipate that the result from this research can inform the policy solutions.