Small emission sources in aggregate disproportionately account for a large majority of total methane emissions from the US oil and gas sector
10 February 2025
The authors utilize peer-reviewed facility-level oil and gas methane emission rate data gathered in prior work to estimate the relative contributions of methane sources emitting at different emission rates in the United States. They find that the majority of total methane emissions in the US oil and gas sector stem from a large number of small sources emitting in aggregate, corroborating findings from several other studies.
Please also read the blog post by Ritesh Gautam and James Williams.
Small emission sources in aggregate disproportionately account for a large majority of total methane emissions from the US oil and gas sector
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 1513–1532, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1513-2025, 2025
Contact: James P. Williams (jamwilliams@edf.org) and Ritesh Gautam (rgautam@edf.org)
