Reducing methane emissions from petroleum production

Reducing methane emissions from energy use are dominated by methane leakage and venting during production, transportation and/or distribution of natural gas and coal.

In the former Soviet Union, as much as 4 to 9% of natural gas produced may be lost due to natural gas pipeline ruptures (50-70 each year) and leakage during both natural gas production stages and distribution networks. There is no evidence of a slowdown in Soviet gas production.

1. Reducing atmospheric methane concentrations

1. Storing natural gas
2. Reducing fossil fuel use
3. Providing effective bio-gas source

1. Reducing volatile organic compound emissions from petrol
2. Exploiting coal bed methane

1. Natural gas production environmental hazards
2. Industrial air emissions
3. Environmental impacts of coal mining
4. Environmental hazards from petroleum refineries
5. Environmental hazards from petroleum
6. Environmental hazards from coal conversion plants

1. Unproductivity
2. Underproduction
3. Overproduction
4. Emissions
5. Decreasing