Maggie Astor

An analysis found leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas drilling in the Permian Basin were many times higher than government estimates.

Methane Leaks Plague New Mexico Oil and Gas Wells

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The amount of methane that major oil and gas companies are emitting in the Permian Basin is likely significantly higher than the official numbers they are reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency, new report shows.

Oil and gas companies likely underreporting methane emissions leaks, new investigation shows

The largest ever dataset of its kind suggests methane is leaking from US oil and gas fields at a much higher rate than previously thought, implying the environmental damage caused by the greenhouse gas is greater too

Methane leaks from US oil and gas are triple government estimates

There's a rush to deploy new technology that can expose methane leaking from oil and gas infrastructure. One effort revealed hundreds of "super-emitting" sites in the Permian Basin along the border of Texas and New Mexico.

Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it could drastically curb emissions from the oil and gas sector under proposed regulations dealing with methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

U.S. wants tougher rules on methane emissions from oil and gas sector

A washing-machine-sized satellite is to "name and shame" the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry. From a report: MethaneSat will provide the first near-comprehensive global view of leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public...

Satellite To 'Name and Shame' Worst Oil and Gas Methane Polluters - Slashdot

The amount of methane—a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide over 100 years—leaking from a huge U.S. oil and gas producing region is several times greater than the federal government estimates, according to a new study led by Stanford University.