Articles | Volume 19, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4459-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4459-2026
Research article
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06 Jul 2026
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2026

Fugitive natural gas emissions in York, United Kingdom: updating the parameters of existing algorithms to be based on instrumental limitations

Thomas C. Moore, James R. Hopkins, Will S. Drysdale, Stuart Young, Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini, Marvin D. Shaw, Mackenzie LeVernois, James L. France, David Lowry, and James D. Lee

Model code and software

tcm515/Fugitive-natural-gas-emissions-York-code: WACL fugitive emission detection (v1.0.0) Thomas Moore https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20411639

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Short summary
The Global Methane Pledge has led to increased effort to reduce methane emissions globally. One sector under increased scrutiny is the oil and gas industry, a major source of methane in this industry is from fugitive emissions (gas leaks). Locating these from pipework in cities requires mobile measurements. This work adapts previous methodologies to detect smaller leaks and suggests previous methods may detect 53.5 % less gas leaks.
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