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Development of a consistent methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas industry operations

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2002

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Ritter, K., Lev-On, M., and Shires, T., 2002, Development of a consistent methodology for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas industry operations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 12 p.

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Understanding the sources and quantities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical to developing an emissions inventory that accurately represents various oil and gas industry segment operations. To address this, the American Petroleum Institute (API) formed a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Methodology Working Group. The working group’s objectives were to review, summarize and recommend methodologies for consistent estimation of GHG emissions from oil and gas industry facilities, including exploration and production through refining to product marketing. In a continued pursuit of consistent emission estimation methodologies for the oil and gas industry, the working group is meeting with other protocol development organizations to compare [...]

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