Archive for November 2024
Our Methane Blindspot
Methane is getting some attention as we also learn new information on the severity of the problem of methane emissions in the oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, despite all of the good intentions (e.g. better monitoring via satellites, oil company promises, etc) methane emissions continue to rise. Sharon Wilson continues to document the root cause…
Read More101: Methane emissions. Unintentional Leaks vs Intentional Releases
Unintentional leaks of methane are the side show. Intentional releases, required by design, are the problem. Analysis of industry’s own data, which we know is underreported*, shows that only 6% of the methane released is from unintentional leaks. The rest, 94%, is intentional. Page 6. Words have power and it’s important to use them…
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