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"Our findings indicate that flaring is responsible for five times more methane entering the atmosphere than we previously thought," says Genevieve Plant, lead author and assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan.
Research shows oil field flaring emits nearly five times more methane than expected
Scientists took a dozen research flights over major U.S. oil and gas fields to sample flare emissions. They found ...
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Go Amanda! @McKayAmanda96 https://twitter.com/v_bogg/status/1575584454906519553
@McKayAmanda96 @pstrust Great job on your panel! Thanks for your clear and important message that there are huge, concerning regulatory gaps and CO2 pipelines will never be inherently safe.
“The flexibility industry seeks is what enabled operators to make poor decisions based on wrong or missing information, resulting in tragic consequences from avoidable failures,” @BillCaram said. 🧵(6/6)
The investigation led to many National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations and congressional directives to PHMSA to make changes to improve safety. 🧵(5/6)
It showed that existing IM regulations allowed operators to make operational and maintenance decisions about their pipelines with missing, flawed, or erroneous information, or to make erroneous assumptions about physical pipeline properties. 🧵(4/6)
The groups have petitioned for changes and delayed implementation of a new rule created in response to 2010 PG&E Tragedy in San Bruno, CA
The investigation following the San Bruno explosion and fire exposed many weaknesses in federal pipeline integrity management rules. 🧵(3/6)
Final rule Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments published August 24, 2022 in the Federal Register. 🧵 (2/6)
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) has joined the American Petroleum Institute (API) in petitioning for reconsideration the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) 🧵(1/6)
https://pstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PR-9.26.22-INGAA-API-Petition-.pdf
#CarbonCapture Symposium: Panel on Carbon Dioxide Transportation wraps up with @mrjayoh, CA PUC; Ted Schettler, MD, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network; Amanda McKay with @pstrust; and Chris Ruhl, Director, Accident Investigation Division, @PHMSA_DOT.
@McKayAmanda96 @pstrust Great job on your panel! Thanks for your clear and important message that there are huge, concerning regulatory gaps and CO2 pipelines will never be inherently safe.