Interesting articles on NG

[GaryGary]

A couple interesting articles on natural gas:

More of the drop US in CO2 emissions is from efficiency/conservation than increased NG production:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/2...ons-decline-not-natural-gas-study-says?page=3

$100 million in flared NG a month:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-bakken-flaring-idUSBRE96S05320130729

Flaring all that NG just seems nuts at a time we are trying reduce CO2 emissions.

Both of these from the Midwest Energy News newsletter, which I've found to be consistently interesting source of energy news: (broken link removed to http://www.midwestenergynews.com/)

Gary

 

[tom in maine]

Yeah, but Gary, it is the clean burning fuel!

 

[begreen]

A couple interesting articles on natural gas:

More of the drop US in CO2 emissions is from efficiency/conservation than increased NG production:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/2...ons-decline-not-natural-gas-study-says?page=3

$100 million in flared NG a month:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-bakken-flaring-idUSBRE96S05320130729

Flaring all that NG just seems nuts at a time we are trying reduce CO2 emissions.

Both of these from the Midwest Energy News newsletter, which I've found to be consistently interesting source of energy news: (broken link removed to http://www.midwestenergynews.com/)

Gary

The light from flaring off gas is a huge waste and quite dramatic when seen at night. It is easily seen in large areas of ND and SD by satellite photos. The other lovely by-product is leaked methane, a much worse GH gas, that is not flared off at these sites.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-011-0061-5

• Between 3.6 and 7.9% of the methane escapes into the atmosphere during shale-gas production due to venting and well leaks; this level is at least 30% higher than that released during conventional natural gas production.
• On a 20-year time horizon, the GHG footprint for shale gas is up to 43% higher than conventional natural gas, 50% greater than oil and 20% higher than coal for the same amount of energy produced by each of those other sources.

- See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/stud...ydrofracking-greenhouse/#sthash.UDmCTkCN.dpuf