Natural Gas Wells in North Central Pennsylvania (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

Natural Gas Wells in North Central Pennsylvania

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A new study to published in Environmental Geosciences is the first to offer a profile of which oil and natural wells are most likely to be leaking methane. Research published in June in Science estimated that natural gas wells are leaking 13 million metric tons of methane each year, 60 percent higher that EPA estimates.

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Gerry Dincher

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