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Environment & Energy

Finishline42

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3. Yikes!!!

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2020, 11:57 AM

May 2020

find and reduce methane emissions from the more than 1 million existing oil and gas wells in the United States,

Unbelievable how many wells there are.

Curious how many there were prior to fracking becoming prevalent?

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ExxonMobil Will Start Network Of Methane Sensors In Permian Basin Sometime In 2021 or 2022 . . . [View all] hatrack May 2020 OP

Great News!! The BIG question is what happens when they exceed allowable emissions. TCEQ which walkingman May 2020 #1

My default position - it's greenwashing, because it pretty much always is hatrack May 2020 #2

I wasn't aware of that term - Thank you. That is exactly what it is. Great to see others like walkingman May 2020 #4

Yikes!!! Finishline42 May 2020 #3