Methane Emissions from Process Equipment at Natural Gas Production Sites in the United States: Pneumatic Controllers
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Emissions from 377 gas actuated (pneumatic) controllers were measured at natural gas production sites and a small number of oil production sites, throughout the United States. A small subset of the devices (19%), with whole gas emission rates in excess of 6 standard cubic feet per hour (scf/h), accounted for 95% of emissions. More than half of the controllers recorded emissions of 0.001 scf/h o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Science & Technology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0013-936X,1520-5851
DOI: 10.1021/es5040156