{"id":1696,"date":"2011-09-22T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2011-09-27T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T13:54:36","slug":"energy-producers-capture-more-today-than-in-good-old-days-but-well-all-benefit-if-they-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/09\/22\/energy-producers-capture-more-today-than-in-good-old-days-but-well-all-benefit-if-they-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Producers Capture More Today Than In &#8220;Good Old Days&#8221; But We&#8217;ll All Benefit If They Do Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/09\/oil-gusher-historic-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1698\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/09\/oil-gusher-historic-pic-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/09\/oil-gusher-historic-pic-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/09\/oil-gusher-historic-pic.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the frontier days of drilling in the 1900s, discoveries such as Spindletop in Texas and the Drake in Pennsylvania heralded a new era of energy for America.\u00a0Back then, the gaseous by-product produced at the wellhead was considered a nuisance and flared (burned) or released into the air.\u00a0Today, it&#8217;s considered a valuable energy source and routinely harnessed, which results in economic and \u00a0environmental benefits. Capturing gas cuts emissions that contribute to ground-level ozone, cause cancer, and contribute to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Given that it\u2019s 2011, we\u2019re way past the conditions of the 1900s. But, whereas the process of capturing natural gas as an energy source has come a long way, many improvements must still be made to ensure producers capture the maximum amount of natural gas \u201cupstream\u201d at wellheads and throughout the gas processing and transportation network.<\/p>\n<p>Just because the gas can\u2019t be seen doesn\u2019t mean it isn&#8217;t hazardous.\u00a0<strong>In the last three years, new data shows that natural gas leaks might be twice as high as previously thought. This means that a lot more air pollution is fouling the air we breathe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pollution comes from equipment on-site (tanks, valves, compressor engines, flanges), at processing plants (where raw natural gas is purified for residential and commercial use) and throughout the pipeline system.<\/p>\n<p>If you know anyone that lives near drilling sites &#8212; such as the Barnett Shale in Texas, the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, Piceance and big chunks of Colorado and Wyoming &#8212; you\u2019ve likely heard stories about their public health and environmental impacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDF <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/sites\/default\/files\/9235_Barnett_Shale_Report.pdf.\"><strong>sponsored a study<\/strong><\/a> <strong>showing that the emissions produced by natural gas operations around Barnett Shale rival those from 4 million cars and trucks in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Around the country, those who live nearby drilling sites have reported higher incidents of health concerns including respiratory and skin irritation, neurological problems, dizziness and headaches. And in some instances, elevated levels of benzene &#8212; a known carcinogen &#8212; have been detected. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/airquality\/oilandgas\/index.html\">has proposed rules<\/a> that would require use of technologies and practices to capture more of the natural gas now being allowed into the air. <strong>These clean air standards are sensible<\/strong>, which makes you wonder why it\u2019s taken a century to put these rules into place at the national level. It also makes you wonder why industry would fight them when they can capture more natural gas and bring it to market. Indeed, in addition to the health and environmental benefits of the rule, there are economic benefits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/gasstar\/accomplishments\/index.html\"><strong>A number of natural gas companies already use the practices that the EPA is proposing<\/strong><\/a><strong> to cut methane and are touting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/gasstar\/documents\/workshops\/billings2009\/04_devon.pdf\">resulting economic benefits<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><strong>imilar requirements to those\u00a0the EPA proposed have been in place in Colorado and Wyoming without adverse affects on companies\u2019 profits.<\/strong> Who isn\u2019t for a win-win solution?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be blogging more about this proposal in the coming days. Please get involved by writing to the EPA in favor of\u00a0updated clean air protections. We also invite you to join us and share your thoughts with the EPA at the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/airquality\/oilandgas\/pdfs\/2011publichearing.pdf\">public hearings<\/a> in: Pittsburgh, Sept. 27; Denver, Sept. 28; and in Arlington, Texas on Sept. 29. If you can&#8217;t make the hearings, you can submit comments <a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/\">online<\/a> until Oct. 24.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no better time than now to make your voice heard and show your support for clean air.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the frontier days of drilling in the 1900s, discoveries such as Spindletop in Texas and the Drake in Pennsylvania heralded a new era of energy for America.\u00a0Back then, the gaseous by-product produced at the wellhead was considered a nuisance and flared (burned) or released into the air.\u00a0Today, it&#8217;s considered a valuable energy source and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,693],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","category-natural-gas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy Producers Capture More Today Than In &quot;Good Old Days&quot; 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