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DOI | 10.1029/2020GL090864 |
Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions | |
Cusworth D.H.; Duren R.M.; Thorpe A.K.; Pandey S.; Maasakkers J.D.; Aben I.; Jervis D.; Varon D.J.; Jacob D.J.; Randles C.A.; Gautam R.; Omara M.; Schade G.W.; Dennison P.E.; Frankenberg C.; Gordon D.; Lopinto E.; Miller C.E. | |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
卷号 | 48期号:2 |
英文摘要 | Incidents involving loss of control of oil/gas wells can result in large but variable emissions whose impact on the global methane budget is currently unknown. On November 1, 2019, a gas well blowout was reported in the Eagle Ford Shale. By combining satellite observations at different spatial and temporal scales, we quantified emissions 10 times during the 20-day event. Our multisatellite synthesis captures both the short-term dynamics and total integrated emissions of the blowout. Such detailed event characterization was previously not possible from space and difficult to do with surface measurements. We present 30-m methane and carbon dioxide plumes from the PRISMA satellite, which let us estimate flare combustion efficiency (87%). Integrating emissions across all satellites, we estimate 4,800 ± 980 metric tons lost methane. Blowouts occur across the globe and multisatellite observations can help to determine their pervasiveness, enable corrective action, and quantify their contribution to global methane budgets. © 2020 The Authors. |
英文关键词 | Blowouts; Budget control; Carbon dioxide; Methane; Natural gas wells; Satellites; Surface measurement; Corrective actions; Flare combustion; Integrated emissions; Loss of control; Methane emissions; Multi-satellite observations; Satellite observations; Spatial and temporal scale; Gas emissions; Satellites |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Geophysical Research Letters
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/169177 |
作者单位 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States; SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, Netherlands; GHGSat Inc, Montreal, Canada; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, United States; Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States; Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States; Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States; Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cusworth D.H.,Duren R.M.,Thorpe A.K.,et al. Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions[J],2021,48(2). |
APA | Cusworth D.H..,Duren R.M..,Thorpe A.K..,Pandey S..,Maasakkers J.D..,...&Miller C.E..(2021).Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions.Geophysical Research Letters,48(2). |
MLA | Cusworth D.H.,et al."Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions".Geophysical Research Letters 48.2(2021). |
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