News and Insights
Announcements
Methane Remote Sensing Results in Voluntary Reduction of over One Million Tons CO2e by California Companies
As a direct result of surveys detecting methane emissions, 44 individual California facilities voluntarily took corrective actions that prevented the equivalent of 1.2M metric tons of CO2 from escaping into the atmosphere, highlighting the important role airborne surveys can play in making methane emissions visible and actionable in fighting climate change.
International observational study reveals hundreds of very large bursts of methane from oil and gas production activities across the globe
A team of researchers found that ultra-emitting facilities are responsible for 10% of global oil and gas methane emissions yet are currently missing from most inventories.
Dozens of “super-emitting” oil and gas facilities leaked methane pollution in Permian Basin for years on end
Three years of independent airborne surveys reveal near-term opportunities to meet domestic and international methane reduction targets
News
AP: EPA says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane super-emitters
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane super-emitters in the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region.
USA Today: Hundreds of sites spew methane
Hear from Riley Duren who shares how aerial surveys show massive amounts of methane from oil and gas operations.
AP: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
Persistent methane super-emitters in the Permian Basin are having an outsized impact on climate change.
Insights
Data Dispatch: Methane Emissions from Leaking Idle Oil Wells
Sustained, wide-area monitoring from high resolution methane sensing satellites is important to supplement periodic surface site surveys and continuous sensor networks to provide timely detection, quantification, and communication of high-emission methane events.
Data Dispatch: Methane Emissions from Gas Flares
The inefficient or non-existent flaring of vented gas can have a disproportionate methane impact. We explain what we observe from flares, and why it matters.
Carbon Mapper Reflects on a Year of Milestones
Since Carbon Mapper launched a pioneering public/private coalition one year ago, we’re helped improve the understanding of, and accelerate reductions in, global methane and CO2 emissions.