Session 7 Air Emissions and Air Quality Impacts from Oil and Gas Development -Part I

Tuesday, 24 January 2017: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
401 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs:
Arsineh Hecobian, Colorado State Univ., Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO and Jessica B. Gilman, NOAA, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO

Improved capabilities for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing over the past decade led to significant increases in unconventional oil and gas production in several regions of the United States. This development has raised concerns regarding emissions of greenhouse gases, air toxics, and precursors to ozone and fine particle formation. This session solicits presentations examining all aspects of air emissions and/or air quality or climate impacts of methane, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides from all stages of oil and gas development.

Papers:
1:30 PM
7.1
Comparison of Contemporaneous Onsite and Downwind Natural Gas Emissions Measurements in Field Conditions (Invited Presentation)
Daniel Zimmerle, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Bell
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
7.2
Estimate of Methane Emissions from the Marcellus Shale in Southwest Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia Using Aircraft Observations
Xinrong Ren, Univ. of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD; and R. R. Dickerson
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
7.3
Estimating 70 Years of Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil and Gas Drilling in Federal Waters
Eric J. Wolvovsky, BOEM, Sterling, VA; and W. Anderson
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (414.9 kB)

2:15 PM
7.4
Regional Differences in Methane Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Production Sites in the Denver-Julesburg, Uintah, and Marcellus Shale Basins
Mark Omara, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA; and N. Zimmerman, M. R. Sullivan, X. Li, A. Ellis, R. Cesa, R. Subramanian, A. L. Robinson, and A. A. Presto

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