Workshop on Quantifying Methane Emissions Across Natural Gas Infrastructure in Urban Environments

Published

March 27, 2024

Author(s)

Anna Karion, Paul Shepson, Thomas Butcher, Roisin Commane, Julianne M Fernandez, Tom Ferrara, Kristian Hajny, Robert Jackson, Brian Lamb, Israel Lopez Coto, Zeyneb Magavi, Brian McDonald, Zachary Merrin, Scot Miller, Kimberly Mueller, Lee Murray, Joseph Pitt, Rick Trieste, Rebecca Trojanowski, Joseph von Fischer

Abstract

A workshop was held at the EDF offices in Washington, DC, on June 15 and 16, 2022, to discuss the current state of knowledge and to define productive courses of action in better determination and source apportionment of methane emission rates, and specifically, natural gas emission rates, in urban environments. The workshop involved 56 attendees from universities, government agencies, NGOs and the private sector, including representatives from relevant utilities. This report covers discussion of the knowledge base to date about urban sources of natural gas (NG) methane emissions, their relative magnitudes, and areas of uncertainty. Specific suggestions and ideas for future experiments to be conducted that could improve our understanding are presented. Next steps, including the creation of working groups for field experiments and/or a research coordination network are discussed.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1500-22

Report Number

1500-22

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1500-22

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Keywords

Natural gas, methane, urban, greenhouse gas

Citation

Karion, A. , Shepson, P. , Butcher, T. , Commane, R. , Fernandez, J. , Ferrara, T. , Hajny, K. , Jackson, R. , Lamb, B. , Lopez Coto, I. , Magavi, Z. , McDonald, B. , Merrin, Z. , Miller, S. , Mueller, K. , Murray, L. , Pitt, J. , Trieste, R. , Trojanowski, R. and von Fischer, J. (2024), Workshop on Quantifying Methane Emissions Across Natural Gas Infrastructure in Urban Environments, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1500-22, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957308 (Accessed October 10, 2025)