Adam R. Brandt

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed an open-source techno-economic model of iterative investment in CCS with CO2-EOR (MIICE), using dynamic technology deployment modeling to assess the impact of CO2 EOR on the deployment of CCS.

TL;DR: Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the North Dakota Bakken grew 5-fold from 770 million gallons in 2008 to 4.3 billion gallons in 2012, exceeding the mean volume of water used in hydraulic fracturing and surpassing typical 4-year wastewater totals for the Barnett, Denver, and Marcellus basins.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that real-world marginal effectiveness of methane mitigation through periodic surveys approaches zero as leak detection sensitivity improves, and policy makers should take note of these limits while designing equivalence metrics for next-generation leak detection technologies that can trade sensitivity for cost without affecting mitigation priorities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present airborne and ground-based data, supported by satellite observations, to measure weekly to monthly changes in total methane emissions in the United States' Permian Basin during a period of volatile oil prices associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: In this article, an inventory-based model for CH4 emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) systems is developed for the production-segment only, which is based on an updated synthesis of measurements from component-level field studies and allows for isolation of equipment-level contributions.