Estimating U.S. Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Supply Chain. Approaches, Uncertainties, Current Estimates, and Future Studies

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1226158· OSTI ID:1226158

Heath, Garvin ^[1]; Warner, Ethan ^[1]; Steinberg, Daniel ^[1]; Brandt, Adam ^[2]

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1. Joint Inst. for Strategic Energy Analysis, Golden, CO (United States)
2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

A growing number of studies have raised questions regarding uncertainties in our understanding of methane (CH₄) emissions from fugitives and venting along the natural gas (NG) supply chain. In particular, a number of measurement studies have suggested that actual levels of CH₄ emissions may be higher than estimated by EPA" tm s U.S. GHG Emission Inventory. We reviewed the literature to identify the growing number of studies that have raised questions regarding uncertainties in our understanding of methane (CH₄) emissions from fugitives and venting along the natural gas (NG) supply chain.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1226158
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A50-62820
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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