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Research article
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05 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 05 Jan 2021
| 05 Jan 2021
Facility level measurement of offshore oil and gas installations from a medium-sized airborne platform: method development for quantification and source identification of methane emissions
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Prudence Bateson
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Manchester, Manchester, M13 9L, UK
Pamela Dominutti
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of
Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
Grant Allen
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Manchester, Manchester, M13 9L, UK
Stephen Andrews
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of
Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
Stephane Bauguitte
FAAM Airborne Laboratory, National Centre for Atmospheric Science,
Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
Max Coleman
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
Tom Lachlan-Cope
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
Rebecca E. Fisher
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Langwen Huang
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Manchester, Manchester, M13 9L, UK
Departement Mathematik, ETH Zurich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Anna E. Jones
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
James Lee
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University
of York, York, YO10 5DQ, UK
David Lowry
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Joseph Pitt
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Manchester, Manchester, M13 9L, UK
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY 11974, USA
Ruth Purvis
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University
of York, York, YO10 5DQ, UK
John Pyle
Department of Chemistry,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Jacob Shaw
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of
Manchester, Manchester, M13 9L, UK
Nicola Warwick
Department of Chemistry,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Alexandra Weiss
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
Shona Wilde
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of
Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
Jonathan Witherstone
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
Stuart Young
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of
Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, UK
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Short summary
Measuring emission rates of methane from installations is tricky, and it is even more so when those installations are located offshore. Here, we show the aircraft set-up and demonstrate an effective methodology for surveying emissions from UK and Dutch offshore oil and gas installations. We present example data collected from two campaigns to demonstrate the challenges and solutions encountered during these surveys.
Measuring emission rates of methane from installations is tricky, and it is even more so when...
