![]() ![]() ![]() Our work shows how satellite instruments can be used to monitor methane emissions from individual point sources across the world. Here we use satellite instruments to identify and quantify anomalously large point sources from an oil/gas field in Central Asia. So far, the only way to identify and quantify these sources has been through field studies involving aircraft and ground-based observations, but these are expensive, and much of the world cannot be observed in this way. oil/gas fields have shown that a small number of high-emitting facilities are responsible for the bulk of the total emission from oil/gas operations. ![]() ![]() Reducing methane emissions from oil/gas production and transmission facilities is considered to be one of the most immediately actionable ways to abate climate change, because the captured methane can be sold. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is emitted from a variety of natural processes and human activities. ![]()
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