Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space

Authors: Yuzhong Zhang, Ritesh Gautam, Sudhanshu Pandey, Mark Omara, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Pankaj Sadavarte, David Lyon, Hannah Nesser, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Daniel J. Varon, Ruixiong Zhang, Sander Houweling, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, Ramon A. Alvarez, Alba Lorente, Steven P. Hamburg, Ilse Aben, Daniel J. Jacob

Published: 2020-04-22

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz5120

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Abstract

Satellite observes large methane emissions from the Permian Basin in the United States.