Methane Venting at Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) Facilities Is Significantly Underreported and Led by High-Emitting Wells with Low or Negative Value

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 57; no. 8; pp. 3021 - 3030
• Main Authors: Festa-Bianchet, Simon A, Tyner, David R, Seymour, Scott P, Johnson, Matthew R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 28.02.2023
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Air Pollutants - analysis; Airborne sensing; Aircraft; Canada; Emission analysis; Emission inventories; Emission measurements; Emissions; Gas venting; Lidar; Methane; Methane - analysis; Mitigation; Natural Gas - analysis; Oil; Oil and Gas Fields; Petroleum production; Sand; Wells; Canada; venting; carbon pricing; spectroscopy; LiDAR; methane; marginal wells; heavy oil; emissions; unsteady

Cold Heavy Oil Production with or without Sand, CHOP(S), facilities produce a significant portion of Canada's conventional oil. Methane venting from single-well CHOPS facilities in Saskatchewan, Canada was measured (i) using Bridger Photonics' airborne Gas Mapping LiDAR (GML) at 962 sites...