Bottom-up simulations of methane and ethane emissions from global oil and gas systems 1980 to 2012

Höglund-Isaksson, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-3135 (2017). Bottom-up simulations of methane and ethane emissions from global oil and gas systems 1980 to 2012. Environmental Research Letters 12 (2) e024007. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa583e.

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Abstract

Existing bottom-up emission inventories of methane from global oil and gas systems do not well explain year-on-year variation in atmospheric methane estimated by top-down models. Using a novel bottom-up approach this study quantifies and attributes methane and ethane emissions from global oil and gas production from 1980 to 2012. Country-specific information on associated gas flows from published sources are combined with inter-annual variations in observed flaring of associated gas from satellite images from 1994 to 2010, to arrive at country-specific annual estimates of methane and ethane emissions from flows of associated gas. Results confirm trends from top-down models and indicate considerably higher methane and ethane emissions from oil production than previously shown in bottom-up inventories for this time period.

Item Type: Article
Research Programs: Air Quality & Greenhouse Gases (AIR)
Mitigation of Air Pollution (MAG)
Depositing User: Luke Kirwan
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2017 14:11
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 17:28
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/14230

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