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ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 1-14出版社
UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS
DOI: 10.1525/elementa.2022.00121
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Oil and natural gas; Ethane; Methane; Emissions
Quantifying methane emissions is important for mitigation, and this study found that the ethane to methane ratio can distinguish emissions from different sources. Sampling of oil and gas production sites in the Permian Basin showed that methane emissions mostly come from produced gas and oil tank flashing. Tanks were found to have methane emissions over 30 times higher than other sources.
There has been increasing interest in quantifying methane (CH4) emissions from a view toward mitigation. Accordingly, ground-based sampling of oil and gas production sites in the Permian Basin was carried out in January and October 2020. Molar ethane to methane ratios (EMRs) were quantified, which may be used to distinguish emissions from particular sources, such as produced gas and oil tank flashing. The geometric mean EMR for 100 observations was 18 (+/- 2)%, while source specific EMRs showed that sites where emissions were attributed to a tank produced much higher EMRs averaging 47%. Sites with other noticeable sources such as compressors, pneumatics, and separators had lower and less variable EMRs. Tanks displayed distinct behavior with EMRs between 10% and 21% producing CH4 emissions >30x higher than tanks with EMRs >21%. This observation supports the hypothesis that high emission rate tank sources are often caused by separator malfunctions that leak produced gas through liquids storage tanks.
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