A national estimate of U.S. underground natural gas storage incident emissions

The 2015 Aliso Canyon storage well blowout was widely reported as the worst natural gas leak in the history of the United States (U.S.) and released ∼0.1 million metric tons of methane (CH _4 ), a potent greenhouse gas. Although storage well fugitive emissions are estimated in the U.S. Environmental...

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Main Authors: Hugh Z Li, Patricia M B Saint-Vincent, Mumbi Mundia-Howe, Natalie J Pekney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8069