Aircraft-Based Estimate of Total Methane Emissions from the Barnett Shale Region

• Main Authors: Karion, Anna, Sweeney, Colm, Kort, Eric A, Shepson, Paul B, Cambaliza, Maria Obiminda L, Conley, Stephen A, Davis, Ken, Deng, Aijun, Hardesty, Mike, Herndon, Scott C, Laveaux, Thomas, Lavoie, Tegan, Lyon, David, Newberger, Tim, Petron, Gabrielle, Rella, Chris, Smith, Mackenzie, Wolter, Sonja, Yacovitch, Tara I, Tans, Pieter
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: Wind; Lipids; Liquids; Natural resources; Shale; Atmospheric Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/29; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b00217

We present estimates of regional methane (CH4) emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Barnett Shale, Texas, using airborne atmospheric measurements. Using a mass balance approach on eight different flight days in March and October 2013, the total CH4 emissions for the region are estima...