Emission measurement at oil and gas facilities

Negron, A, E Kort, G Plant, A Brandt, Y Chen, C Hausman, and M Smith. “Measurement-Based Carbon Intensity of US Offshore Oil and Gas Production”, Environmental Research Letters, 19, no. 6 (May 28, 2024): 064027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad489d.

Sherwin, E, J Rutherford, Z Zhang, Y Chen, E Wetherley, P Yakovlev, E Berman, B Jones, D Cusworth, A Thorpe, A Ayasse, R Duren, and A Brandt. “US Oil and Gas System Emissions from Nearly One Million Aerial Site Measurements”, Nature, 627, no. 8003 (March 13, 2024): 328-34. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07117-5.

Wang, J, B Barlow, W Funk, C Robinson, A Brandt, and A Ravikumar. “Large-Scale Controlled Experiment Demonstrates Effectiveness of Methane Leak Detection and Repair Programs at Oil and Gas Facilities”, Environmental Science & Technology, 58, no. 7 (February 5, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c09147.

Yu, Jevan, Benjamin Hmiel, David Lyon, Jack Warren, Daniel Cusworth, Riley Duren, Yuanlei Chen, Erin Murphy, and Adam Brandt. “Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Gathering Pipelines in the Permian Basin”, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9, no. 11 (October 4, 2022): 969–974. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00380.

Plant, Genevieve, Eric Kort, Adam Brandt, Yuanlei Chen, Graham Fordice, Alan Gorchov Negron, Stefan Schwietzke, Mackenzie Smith, and Daniel Zavala-Araiza. “Inefficient and Unlit Natural Gas Flares Both Emit Large Quantities of Methane”, Science, Report: Methane Emissions, 377, no. 6614 (September 29, 2022): 1566-71. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq0385.

Chen, Yuanlei, Evan Sherwin, Elena Berman, Brian Jones, Matthew Gordo, Erin Wetherly, Erik Kort, and Adam Brandt. “Quantifying Regional Methane Emissions in the New Mexico Permian Basin With a Comprehensive Aerial Survey”, Environmental Science & Technology, 56, no. 7 (March 23, 2022): 4317–4323. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06458.

Lyon, David, Benjamin Hmiel, Ritesh Guatam, and et. all. “Concurrent Variation in Oil and Gas Methane Emissions and Oil Price During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, no. 9 (May 3, 2021): 6605–6626,. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6605-2021.

Englander, Jacob, Adam Brandt, Stephen Conley, David Lyon, and Robert Jackson. “Aerial Interyear Comparison and Quantification of Methane Emissions Persistence in the Bakken Formation of North Dakota, USA”, Environmental Science & Technology, 52, no. 18 (July 10, 2018): 8947-. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01665.

Gvakharia, Alexander, Eric Kort, Adam Brandt, Jeff Peisch, Thomas Ryerson, Joshua Schwarz, Mackenzie Smith, and Colm Sweeney. “Methane, Black Carbon, and Ethane Emissions from Natural Gas Flares in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota”, Environmental Science & Technology, 51, no. 9 (April 12, 2017): 5317–5325. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b05183.

Brandt, Adam, Tim Yeskoo, Michael McNally, Kourosh Vafi, Sonia Yeh, Hao Cai, and Michael Wang. “Energy Intensity and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tight Oil Production in the Bakken Formation”, Energy Fuels, 30, no. 11 (October 20, 2016): 9613–9621. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01907.

Peischl, J., A. Karion, and C. Sweeney. “Quantifying Atmospheric Methane Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Production in the Bakken Shale Region of North Dakota”, JGR Atmospheres, 121, no. 10 (May 27, 2016): 6101-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024631.

Kort, E., M. Smith, L. Murray, A. Gvakharia, A. Brandt, J. Peischl, T. Ryerson, C. Sweeney, and K. Travis. “Fugitive Emissions from the Bakken Shale Illustrate Role of Shale Production in Global Ethane Shift: Ethane Emissions From the Bakken Shale”, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, no. 9 (May 16, 2016): 4617-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068703.

Lyon, David, Ramón Alvarez, Daniel Zavla-Araiza, Adam Brandt, Robert Jackson, and Steven Hamburg. “Aerial Surveys of Elevated Hydrocarbon Emissions from Oil and Gas Production Sites”, Environmental Science & Technology, 50, no. 9 (April 5, 2016): 4877–4886. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00705.