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Warpy

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3. That sort of leaky tank spew is certainly part of it but not the whole story

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 05:35 PM

Jun 2015

because a huge area around the Four Corners is the hot spot. The whole area is a huge methane basin where a lot of the gas is tapped.

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It's not all coming from leaky wells and tanks. Part of it has to be natural, methane leaking upward through the soft sedimentary rock.

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Why is there a huge methane hotspot in the American Southwest? [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2015 OP

Pigs, cows, chickens, and their silage systems. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #1

source: Arizona's brand of con wingnuts? nt 63splitwindow Jun 2015 #2

That sort of leaky tank spew is certainly part of it but not the whole story Warpy Jun 2015 #3

Four Corners methane hotspot points to coal-related sources OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #4

Thanks! Warpy Jun 2015 #5

You forgot the note with the map, showing dark for Methane, light almost no methane happyslug Jun 2015 #7

More on that spot, it been bad since at least 2002: happyslug Jun 2015 #9

Was there a GOP convention ? CentralMass Jun 2015 #6

how many fracking wells are there in the SW? Bill USA Jun 2015 #8