Quantifying Eagle Ford Shale's emissions using boundary layer enhancement Conference Paper

abstract

• O3 mixing ratios have increased in tandem with the oil and gas production in the Eagle Ford, leading to concerns over the health impacts associated with emissions from unconventional oil and gas. Ethane was used to estimate methane emissions from the Eagle Ford as a fraction of net production. It was hypothesized that emissions from the Eagle Ford are much higher that the EPA's estimate if 0.7% of total petroleum production. Results showed that VOC emissions from oil and gas exploration within the core of the Eagle Ford are evident in ambient air quality monitoring data collected by TCEQ. The estimated emission rate of 5.1% 3.1% of total oil and gas production is the same order of magnitude as but for a later period than a previous study's estimate. This clearly supports the hypothesis that emission rates in the Eagle Ford are higher that current estimates suggest. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 108th AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition (Raleigh, NC 6/22-25/2015).

authors

• Schade, Gunnar

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA

author list (cited authors)

• Roest, G. S., & Schade, G. W.

publication date

• January 2015

published in

• Annual meeting & exhibition proceedings CD-ROM Air & Waste Management Association. Meeting  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781510815582

start page

• 1737

end page

• 1742

volume

• 3