COMING SOON
Methane Emissions in Oil and Natural Gas Supply Chains:
A Practical Guide
David T. Allen, Erin E. Tullos, Arvind P. Ravikumar
ISBN: 978-1-394-41012-5 | December 2026 | 480 pages
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Field-tested methods for measuring and mitigating oil and gas methane emissions
Oil and gas supply chains globally emit about 100 million tons of methane per year, yet accurate measurement and mitigation remain significant technical challenges. Methane Emissions in Oil and Natural Gas Supply Chains: A Practical Guide draws on over a decade of research to translate emissions data into actionable emission reporting and climate accountability frameworks for the energy sector.
The book synthesizes state-of-the-art research/learning on the quantification of methane across production, processing, and transmission segments. It covers detection technologies, emissions modeling methodologies, and geospatial lifecycle assessment approaches. Problem sets for training make the content directly adaptable for workforce development programs and university classrooms alike.
Readers will also find:
Practical methods for estimating and reporting methane emissions aligned with evolving regulatory and corporate reporting requirements
Strategies for translating complex atmospheric and process measurement data into operational decisions supporting both compliance and environmental stewardship goals
Guidance ready for use in international capacity-building programs addressing methane emission reporting across diverse regulatory and operational contexts worldwide
Designed for oil and gas technical professionals, management teams, and regulatory personnel overseeing methane-related policies, this book also serves emerging researchers in climate science, environmental engineering, and energy systems.
Meet the Authors
Dr. David T. Allen
Dr. Erin E. Tullos
Dr. Arvind P. Ravikumar
Chapters and Topics Covered
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•The role of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s energy balance
•Comparing greenhouse gases using global warming potentials
•Forms, strengths and limitations of Global Warming Potentials (GWPs)
•Calculating emissions as carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e)
•Methane emissions and their role in global warming
•Methane emissions from global energy supply chains
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•Oil and gas supply chains
•Intended and unintended sources of emissions
•Categorizing emission sources by supply chain stage
•Temporal variability in emissions at source, site and regional level
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•Methods for identifying emission sources
•Methods for estimating emissions using activity data and emission factors
•Differences between generic and specific emission factor approaches
•Case studies of uncertainties in emission estimates based on generic and specific emission factors
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•Principles and frameworks for evaluating data quality
•Systematic improvement of source-level emission estimates
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•Observational data on unintended large emission rate events
•Hazard Identification
•Quantifying risk with fault trees
•Bow-tie diagrams with preventive and mitigative barriers
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•Elements of measurement systems
•Measurement systems at the source, site, and multi-site or regional level
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•Framework for selecting measurement systems based on decision objectives and dominant inventory uncertainties
•Spatial and temporal resolution requirements for methane emissions measurements
•Measurement strategies for improving source-level emissions estimates
•Measurement approaches for discovering previously unrecognized emission sources or operating modes
•Use of regional measurements to evaluate systematic bias in emissions inventories
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•Measurement integration as a structured process
•What measurements constrain in an emission estimate
•Representativeness and extrapolation using operational data
•Restructuring inventories by separating rate, time in mode, and frequency
•Using discrepancies to diagnose and improve inventory structure
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•Evaluating the role of measurements in developing inventories across scales – source, site, asset and regional
•Case studies of developing measurement integrated inventories with varying levels of contextual and operational data availability
•Case studies at production and midstream facilities, and entire oil and gas basins
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•Using inventories in supply chain analyses
•Life cycle assessments and carbon footprints of products
•System boundaries, allocation methods, impact assessment, unit processes
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•Apply system boundaries, functional units, allocation methods, and mass tracking to Carbon Footprints of Products (CFPs) for a variety of use cases
•Integrate methodological choices in CFP to develop greenhouse gas emissions intensity of natural gas supply chains
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•Integrating measurements at different scales – equipment, site, and regional – into CFPs.
•Understanding how design choices in CFP are affected by the choice of measurement data at different scales through use cases and examples
•Conducting quantitative uncertainty analysis of CFP using sensitivity analysis and Monte-Carlo methods.
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•Introduction to dispersion models
•Dispersion modeling use cases in emission measurement systems
•Introduction to chemical transport models
•Chemical transport model use cases in emission measurement systems
Funding Disclosure
The research of the authors on methane emissions is supported by a variety of public and private sector sources including but not limited to government agencies, oil and gas companies, environmental groups and private foundations. upport for writing this book was supported primarily by an Industrial Affiliates Program of The University of Texas Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis.