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ES&T Air Journal features Richard Chen's article on cover page
Chen's contribution evaluates continuous methane measurement technologies for high-volume emissions.
November 16, 2024
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EAO group and UN’s IMEO host blinded methane release experiment in France
For more than a year, members of the EAO group have been planning the blinded methane controlled release experiment in Pau, France.
November 13, 2024
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Lama El Halabi named a Stanford Data Science Scholar
Congratulations to Lama El Halabi who has been admitted to the 2024/2025 cohort of the Stanford Data Science Scholars Program.
November 13, 2024
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Josh Romo and Mathis Heyer joining the EAO group
The EAO Group is excited to welcome Josh Romo and Mathis Heyer, both of whom are starting their Ph.D. programs in the Energy Science and Engineering Department this fall.
November 11, 2024
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Katrin Sievert joining the EAO group from ETH Zurich
The EAO group welcomes Katrin Sievert as a visiting research scholar working with Adam Brandt and the BRIDGES team.
November 06, 2024
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Methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas operations cost the nation $10 billion per year
Stanford-led research shows methane emissions from a large share of U.S. oil and gas facilities are 3x higher on average than the level predicted by official government estimates.
March 13, 2024
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A US oil-drilling hotspot is kicking out far more methane than we thought
A new study of the Permian Basin in New Mexico shows it leaked the greenhouse gas at double the expected rate from 2018 through 2020.
March 28, 2022
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Study: Methane leaks from U.S. oil-and-gas region worse than estimates
Methane leaks from a major U.S. oil-and-gas producing region are far higher than prior estimates, new research shows.
March 25, 2022
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Methane leaks in New Mexico far exceed current estimates, study suggests
An analysis found lead of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling in the permian basin were many times higher than government estimates.
March 24, 2022
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Methane leaks are far worse than estimates, at least in New Mexico, but there’s hope
Using airborne sensors that see methane in the air, Stanford researchers say leaks are more worrisome than thought, but hope lies in the sensing technology itself.
March 22, 2022
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Tachyus Adds Green House Gas Expert Adam Brandt From Stanford University to its List of Notable Advisors
Professor Brandt is one of the pioneers in measurement of carbon intensity for the oil and gas industry.
May 06, 2021
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Adam Brandt to lead Stanford’s Natural Gas Initiative research program
NGI, founded by Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences and its Precourt Institute for Energy, is an industrial affiliate program supported by its members and i
March 30, 2021
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New ways to find natural gas leaks quickly
Finding natural gas leaks more quickly and at lower cost could reduce methane emissions. Ten promising technologies mounted on drones, trucks and airplanes were tested last year. T
September 10, 2019
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New discipline proposed: Macro-energy systems—the science of the energy transition
Sally Benson and Adam Brandt propose 'macro-energy systems,' a new academic discipline of the science of the energy transition, in a recent paper.
August 19, 2019
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Adam Brandt honored by Society of Petroleum Engineers
Adam Brandt received the Regional Health, Safety and Environment Award and the Regional Sustainability award.
July 22, 2019
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Finding and fixing natural gas leaks quickly and economically
Natural gas leaks claim lives, damage the climate and waste money. Research teams at Stanford are working on better ways to find and fix gas leaks quickly and inexpensively.
July 07, 2019
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Energy producers join hunt for ‘cleaner barrels’
Research by Adam Brandt that found the carbon intensity of oil production per barrel or equivalent varied widely by source countries is cited in an article about the future of oil.
July 07, 2019
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The Methane Detectives: On the Trail of a Global Warming Mystery
Research co-authored by Stanford Earth's Adam Brandt suggests that more than half the volume of all methane emissions from natural gas come from just the largest 5 percent of leaks
May 13, 2019
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Introducing the Mobile Monitoring Challenge
The Mobile Monitoring Challenge will take place at an outdoor test site in Sacramento over a 3-week period in early 2018. A group led by Stanford University’s Adam Brandt will desi
September 06, 2017
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Climate impacts of super-giant oilfields go up with age
“Current climate and energy system models typically don’t explore the impacts of oil reservoir depletion in any detail,” said study co-author Adam Brandt, an assistant professor o
August 10, 2017
