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INVENTORY OF METHANE LOSSES FROM THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
Citation:
Campbell, M., L. Campbell, AND C. Burklin. INVENTORY OF METHANE LOSSES FROM THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/279.
Description:
The paper gives the second year's results of an ongoing 4-year program undertaken jointly by the Gas Research Institute and the U.S. EPA to assess the methane (CH4) losses from the U.S. natural gas industry. he program's objective is to assess the acceptability of natural gas as a substitute for other fossil fuels for mitigating global climate change. he scope of the program is to directly quantify CH4 losses from the three major segments of the natural gas industry: roduction, transmission, and distribution. he study does not address CH4 emissions from residential, commercial, or inustrial end-use sources. he paper covers CH4 emissions from the gas distribution segment of the natural gas industry. ethane losses from the production and transmission segments are covered in other papers. n addition, this paper summarizes the current estimate of total CH4 emissions from all sources within the natural gas industry.