Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY 10010, USA
Joshua Benmergui
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY 10010, USA
MethaneSAT, LLC, Austin, TX 78701, USA
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Maryann Sargent
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Steven C. Wofsy
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
We review, analyze, and synthesize previous peer-reviewed measurement-based data on facility-level oil and gas methane emissions and use these data to develop a high-resolution spatially explicit inventory of US basin-level and national methane emissions. This work provides an improved assessment of national methane emissions relative to government inventories in support of accurate and comprehensive methane emissions assessment, attribution, and mitigation.
We review, analyze, and synthesize previous peer-reviewed measurement-based data on...
