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Title: Methane Emissions From Oil And Gas Are Plummeting Without Obama Rule
Post by: To-Whose-Benefit? on December 21, 2017, 06:40:34 am

dailycaller
Chris White
Energy Reporter
1:20 PM 12/20/2017

[excerpt]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/20/methane-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-are-plummeting-without-govt-regulations/ (http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/20/methane-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-are-plummeting-without-govt-regulations/)

Methane emissions from natural gas wells have dropped during the past six years, even as activists and lawmakers argue that stringent regulations are required to tackle what they believe are sky-high emission levels.

Emissions from onshore natural gas production tumbled nearly 14 million metric tons between 2011 and 2016, according to a report from Energy In Depth, which analyzed data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. The data also found that levels had decreased even as natural gas production increased.

In the San Juan Basin, an area located in parts of New Mexico and Colorado, emissions fell by 47 percent since 2011. Activists frequently claim that San Juan’s methane hot spot releases are reason enough for bulking up rules governing emissions.

Title: Re: Methane Emissions From Oil And Gas Are Plummeting Without Obama Rule
Post by: thackney on December 21, 2017, 01:57:03 pm

Methane Emissions Decline in Top Oil and Gas Basins
http://eidclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/120717_EID_MethaneMap.03.pdf (http://eidclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/120717_EID_MethaneMap.03.pdf)

Map showing changes per basin

Title: Re: Methane Emissions From Oil And Gas Are Plummeting Without Obama Rule
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on December 21, 2017, 02:56:33 pm

I wonder what the comparison is of these methane emissions with cow farts?

Title: Re: Methane Emissions From Oil And Gas Are Plummeting Without Obama Rule
Post by: Smokin Joe on January 18, 2018, 02:48:13 pm

Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on December 21, 2017, 02:56:33 pm

I wonder what the comparison is of these methane emissions with cow farts?

I don't have a link, but I recall that even at the peak of the boom, "natural sources" accounted for more methane emissions increase than the oil and gas industry. (For the O&G industry, the gas is product, mother nature just burns a little in the swamp to lure in the UFO watchers).