Oil and Gas Operations: What's Up with Methane

Platform Chair(s)

• CA

  Christina Akly, PhD, P.E

  Project Manager
  NextEra Energy
  Juno Beach, FL

Platform Co-Chair(s)

• KB

  Karen Brignac

  Director - EHS
  Deltech Monomers OpCo, LLC
  Baton Rouge, LA

Presentations:

• 8:00am – 8:20am PT

  Fracking for Natural Gas: Air Quality Boost or Bust?
  

  Primary Author: Joe Duckett, PhD, PE – EJD Consulting
• 8:20am – 8:40am PT

  Perspectives on the Proposed New Source Performance Standards at Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc to Reduce Methane from the Oil and Natural Gas Industry
  

  Primary Author: Tony Widboom, PE – Barr Engineering Co.
• 8:40am – 9:00am PT

  Upstream Natural Gas Methane Emissions Reduction Strategies – Confluence of Mandatory and Voluntary Initiatives Including Regulation, Target Setting, and Responsibly Sourced Gas Certification
  

  Primary Author: Andrea Siefers, PE – Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

  Co-Author: Michael Rabbani, MS – MiQ
• 9:00am – 9:20am PT

  Comprehensive Summary of Quantification Capabilities of Methane Emissions Using Airborne Hyperspectral Camera
  

  Primary Author: Jean-Philippe Gagnon, Master – Telops

  Co-Author: Vince Morton, M.S. – Telops USA

  Co-Author: Wes Autran – Telops
• 9:20am – 9:40am PT

  Mobile Monitoring to Detect and Quantify Natural Gas Releases
  

  Primary Author: Tian Xia, PhD – University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  Co-Author: Julia Raneses – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Stuart Batterman – University of Michigan