A Synthesis of Empirical Characterizations of Oil and Gas Methane Emissions from the Permian Basin

Benjamin Hmiel1, David Richard Lyon1, Daniel J. Varon2, Zachary Barkley3, Yuanlei Chen4, Evan D. Sherwin4, Daniel Cusworth5,6, Shane M Murphy7, Jonathan E Franklin8, Lu Shen9, Clément Giron10, Yuzhong Zhang11, Ritesh Gautam1, Jack Warren1, Mark Omara1, Daniel Zavala Araiza1, Luis Guanter1,12, Kenneth J Davis3, Natasha Miles3, Scott Richardson3, Adam R Brandt4, Riley Duren5,6, Anna Robertson13, Dana Caulton13, Steven C Wofsy14, Daniel J. Jacob2 and Steve Hamburg1, (1)Environmental Defense Fund, New York, United States, (2)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (3)The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States, (4)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (6)Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, United States, (7)University of Wyoming, Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States, (8)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (9)Peking University, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Beijing, China, (10)Kayrros, Paris, France, (11)Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, (12)Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, (13)University of Wyoming, Atmospheric Science, Laramie, United States, (14)Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Cambridge, United States