Archives: Fugitive emissions

Saturday, June 15, 2019

EERL Publication Highlights Enhanced Climate Implications of Flare Black Carbon

The radiative forcing effect of black carbon (BC, suggested to be second only to carbon dioxide) is highly sensitive to its source location and therefore atmospheric lifetime. For example, BC emitted in the Amazon rainforest is likely to be quickly rained out of the atmosphere while wintertime BC emitted in the Siberian Arctic is... More

Friday, June 14, 2019

New EERL Publication Details a Technique that Could Enable Real-Time Quantification of Fugitive Leaks

As a follow-up to previous work, Ph.D Graduate Carol A. Brereton and Prof. Matthew Johnson, along with co-author Lucy J. Campbell from the Mathematics and Statistics Department at Carleton University, have published a new research paper in Atmospheric Environment: X that investigates a technique that could enable near real-time detection and... More

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Carleton Researchers Determine Mitigating Alberta Methane is Surprisingly Cost-Effective, Far Cheaper than Carbon Price Targets

A study published today by Carleton University’s David Tyner and Matthew Johnson in the prestigious journal Environmental Science and Technology reveals broad opportunities to mitigate methane emissions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry in a cost-effective way. Through detailed analysis of mitigation potential at nearly 10,000 individual... More

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Innovative Approaches to Detecting and Quantifying Fugitive Emissions

Ph.D. candidate Carol A. Brereton and Professor Matthew Johnson have published a new research paper in Atmospheric Environment that investigates an innovative approach to finding and measuring fugitive leaks within oil and gas facilities.  Also co-authored with EERL alum Ian Joynes and Prof. Lucy Campbell in Carleton's Mathematics Department,... More

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