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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Remote Sensing

Background:

  • Oil and gas (O&G) facilities are significant sources of methane emissions.
  • Accurate detection and quantification of these emissions are crucial for climate change mitigation.
  • Current satellite observing systems face challenges in detecting typical O&G methane point sources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of satellite observing systems in detecting methane point sources from O&G facilities.
  • To assess the impact of pixel resolution on methane plume detectability.
  • To analyze the performance of the integrated mass enhancement (IME) method for estimating O&G methane emissions.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated methane transport and dispersion from seven O&G well pads using a microscale model.
  • Generated a novel, very high-resolution methane concentration dataset.
  • Examined column enhancements at pseudo-satellite pixel sizes (3 km, 1 km, 0.05 km) over 2-hour simulations.

Main Results:

  • Plume detectability increased with higher pixel resolution.
  • A two-order-of-magnitude change in emission rates yielded only minor column enhancements at coarser resolutions (0.4% at 3 km, 1.6% at 1 km).
  • The IME method at 0.05 km underestimated mean emissions by 0.2–6.4% and is ill-suited for short-term emission fluctuations.

Conclusions:

  • Satellite-based methane emission estimations using IME are effective for large, persistent sources but not for typical O&G well site emissions.
  • Limitations in satellite detection limits, precision, overpass timing, and pixel resolution hinder the accurate measurement of short-term methane fluctuations.
  • Improved satellite capabilities are needed to effectively monitor methane emissions from diffuse and intermittent sources in the O&G sector.