Excess methane emissions from shallow water platforms elevate the carbon intensity of US Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production

AM Gorchov Negron, EA Kort, Y Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The Gulf of Mexico is the largest offshore fossil fuel production basin in the United States.
Decisions on expanding production in the region legally depend on assessments of the …

Temporal variation and persistence of methane emissions from shallow water oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico

KJ Biener, AM Gorchov Negron, EA Kort… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain can be intermittent, posing challenges
for monitoring and mitigation efforts. This study examines shallow water facilities in the US …

Direct measurements of methane emissions from key facilities in Alberta's oil and gas supply chain

HZ Li, SP Seymour, K MacKay, JS Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Canadian government aims to achieve a 40–45% reduction of oil and gas (O&G)
methane (CH 4) emissions by 2025, and 75% by 2030, although recent studies consistently …

Measurement-based carbon intensity of US offshore oil and gas production

AMG Negron, EA Kort, G Plant, AR Brandt… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The United States (US) produces oil and gas from six offshore regions: the North
Slope of Alaska, Cook Inlet in Alaska, offshore California, and three Gulf of Mexico (GOM) …

Aircraft-based mass balance estimate of methane emissions from offshore gas facilities in the Southern North Sea

M Pühl, A Roiger, A Fiehn… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric methane (CH 4) concentrations have more than doubled since the beginning of
the industrial age, making CH 4 the second most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas …