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The Story of the Second Greenhouse Gas – CH4
- Measurements of fugitive methane increased with fracking. Until recently, we didn’t know that C12/C13/C14 distinguished fracked methane from others. OSU & PSU partnered in determining that the increase in methane was trackable to fracking.
- Leakage doesn't seem to decline with rig count reduction, maybe because non-producing wells continue to leak? Also both oil and gas wells leak. So, drone-chasing of leakage likely key to fixing climate-killing problem with abandoned wells.