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
Oil and gas production processes result in the venting of a portion of the produced natural gas. Vent gas management is a continuing issue for oil and gas operators. Companies… Read more
Heater treaters can be significant sources of “flash gas” from oil and gas production facilities. Flash gas is natural gas that is released from a wellstream when the liquid undergoes… Read more
The pace of new federal air quality regulations to reduce releases of natural gas from oil and gas (O&G) operations has slowed in recent years. That is expected to change… Read more
Enclosed combustion units (ECD) also called enclosed combustion devices or enclosed flares are widely used in oil and gas operations to control vent gas VOC and methane emissions. ECDs are… Read more
Volume of gas to be recovered The gas to be recovered can be referred to as the suction gas to the VRU. This includes data on the cyclical flowrate of… Read more