Industrial Sources

Beck, Lee; Piccot, Stephen D.; Kirchgessner, David A.

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“…It supplies a significant proportion of western Europe's energy requirements, but there are still few descriptions of the system accessible internationally. A good general English-language description of the structure of the gas industry is given by Beck et al [1993]. In our discussion, primary consideration is given to the production and transportation sectors.…”

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“…"unaccounted for" gas [e.g.,Beck et al, 1993] refers to the "difference between the volume of gas that utility reports as purchased versus the volume sold, less the company use or interchange." It is a statistical figure attributable to numerous diverse components, including meter inaccuracies, gas thefts, variations in temperature and pressure, billing cycle differences, and gas leakage or other actual gas losses.…”

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An evaluation of historical methane emissions from the Soviet gas industry

Reshetnikov¹,

Paramonova²,

Shashkov³

2000

J. Geophys. Res.

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Abstract. An inventory of natural gas losses from the former Soviet Union's gas industry has been constructed from published Russian-language sources. The results imply that in the late 1980s/early 1990s annual losses from Russia were in the range 35-59 x10 9 cubic meters half to two thirds of the emissions may have been from the extremely long and ageing gas pipeline system. Extrapolation of the estimates for Russian losses to the whole territory of the former Soviet Union suggests a probable total annual emission level from the whole exSoviet gas industry in the range 47-67 xl 09 cubic meters of natural gas or 31-45 Tg of CH4 in these years. The envelope of minimum and maximum estimates for emissions from the former Soviet Union ranges from 29 to 50 Tg of methane. The limited availability of systematic and accurate published information on the emissions introduces significant uncertainty into the estimate. In an attempt to constrain emissions better, estimates of losses from specific causes were made using two or more independent approaches, where possible. A reasonable agreement between estimates was achieved in those cases. Our results imply that substantial reductions in emissions could be achieved by investment to reduce losses. Because of the high global warming potential and short lifetime of methane compared to carbon dioxide, reducing the large losses from the FSU may be among the most cost-effective short-term approaches available to reduce global anthropogenic greenhouse warming.

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An evaluation of historical methane emissions from the Soviet gas industry

Reshetnikov¹,

Paramonova²,

Shashkov³

2000

J. Geophys. Res.

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Geological Sources of Methane

Judd

2000

Atmospheric Methane

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Atmospheric Methane: Trends and Impacts

Wuebbles

Hayhoe

2000

Non-Co2 Greenhouse Gases: Scientific Understanding, Control and Implementation

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Abstract:The concentration of methane (CH 4 ), the most abundant organic trace gas in the atmosphere, has increased dramatically over the last few centuries, more than doubling its concentration. The increasing concentrations of methane are of special concern because of its effects on climate and atmospheric chemistry. On a per molecule basis, additional methane is much more effective as a greenhouse gas than additional CO 2 . Methane is also important to both tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. Here, we examine past trends in the concentration of methane, the sources and sinks affecting its growth rate, and the factors that could affect its growth rate in the future. This study also examines the current understanding of the effects of methane on atmospheric chemistry and climate.

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Industrial Sources

Cited by 6 publications

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An evaluation of historical methane emissions from the Soviet gas industry

An evaluation of historical methane emissions from the Soviet gas industry

Geological Sources of Methane

Atmospheric Methane: Trends and Impacts

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