Enclosed Combustor Destruction Efficiency – how does it work? Enclosed combustors are effective devices to reduce methane (CH4) and VOC emissions from natural gas that might otherwise be vented to… Read more
2021 New Mexico Flaring and Venting Methane Rules
April 27, 2021
In January 2019, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an Executive Order (EO) for New Mexico state agencies to develop strategies and regulations to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions. The EO… Read more
Oil & Gas Industry – ESG Action Items
April 19, 2021
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) articles are increasingly in the news. ESG metrics are factors that can be used to measure the sustainability and social impact of a business. Investors… Read more
Activated Carbon Bed Vapor Recovery Units The transportation of petroleum liquids (crude oil, gasoline, other refined products) and organic chemicals is often done by tank truck, rail tank cars and… Read more
Price of Carbon and Carbon Taxes
February 25, 2021
The worldwide movement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has gathered much momentum. Future actions taken to reduce GHG emissions will affect all industries and even our personal lives. One… Read more
Oil and Gas Air Emission Inventories
January 14, 2021
Air emission inventories gather data from facilities so that air emissions can be quantified. Oil and gas (O&G) operators prepare air emission inventories for their facilities for a variety of… Read more
On March 2, 2019, the USEPA finalized a voluntary New Owner Clean Air Act Audit (CAA) Program custom-made for the oil and natural gas sector. The program can be used… Read more
Rules in 40 CFR 60 Subpart OOOO and OOOOa require routine visibility observation testing for enclosed combustion devices (e.g., ECD) and flares (open-tipped, candlestick flares). Enclosed combustion devices and flares… Read more
Do you ever wonder what some of those abbreviated technical terms used by your environmental department means? Do you work in the oil and gas industry or operate crude oil… Read more
People often ask how do convert a volume (e.g., standard cubic feet) of natural gas to pounds (mass) and pounds of natural gas to volume. Below are some equations to… Read more