Climate Change
Stakeholder Workshop on Natural Gas in the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
AGENDA
Stakeholder Workshop on Natural Gas in the
Inventory of U.S. GHG Emissions and Sinks
Thursday September 13, 2012
Overview
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9:00-9:20 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Welcome and Opening Remarks – Sarah Dunham, EPA
- Introductions and Workshop Overview– Paul Gunning, EPA
9:20-10:30 Background on Natural Gas and GHG Inventory
- Presentation: Overview of U.S. GHG Inventory (14 pp, 97 K)– Bill Irving, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification
- Presentation: GHGRP and GHG Inventory (11 pp, 250 K)– Mark DeFigueiredo, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification
- Presentation: Overview of Natural Gas in the GHG Inventory (9 pp, 85 K)– Melissa Weitz, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification
10:30-10:45 Break
Session A: Production
10:45-11:00 Overview of Production Sector in the GHG Inventory
- Presentation: Overview of Production Sector (9 pp, 80 K)– Brian Cook, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification of Overview
11:00-11:30 Gas Well Counts
- Presentation: Overview of GHG Inventory Gas Well Data (9 pp, 102 K)– Carey Bylin, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification of Overview
- Presentation: Well Count Data (7 pp, 821 K)– Ed Hance, Pioneer
- Discussion on Well Counts
11:30-12:30PM Liquids Unloading
- Presentation: Current U.S. Inventory Methods and Key Areas for Updates (13 pp, 103 K)– Suzie Waltzer, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification of Current Inventory
- Presentation: Updates to Liquids Unloading Emissions Estimates (9 pp, 854 K)– Reid Smith, BP
- Discussion on Liquids Unloading Updates
12:30-1:30 Lunch Break
1:30-3:30 Well Completions and Workovers for Wells with Hydraulic Fracturing
- Presentation: Current U.S. Inventory Methods and Key Areas for Updates (13 pp, 105 K)– Bill Irving, EPA
- Q&A for Clarification of Current Inventory
- Presentation: Well Completions (5 pp, 811 K)– Lee Hinman, Noble
- Presentation: Re-fracture Rates for Wells (12 pp, 1.2 MB)– Brian Gillis, Chesapeake
- Presentation: Shale Gas Production - The GHG Emissions Question (11 pp, 814 K)– Francis O'Sullivan, MIT
- Presentation: Realistic Completion Emissions (9 pp, 309 K)– Jesse Sandlin, Devon
- Discussion on Well Completions and Workovers Updates
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-4:15 Other Production Sources
- Presentation: Current U.S. Inventory Methods and Key Areas for Updates (8pp, 70 K)– Leif Hockstad, EPA
- Discussion
4:15-4:45 Area-Based Measurements
- Presentation: Top-down estimation of CH4 emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Denver and Uintah oil and gas basins (18 pp, 14 MB)– Anna Karion, NOAA
- Discussion
4:45-5:00 Closing of Day 1
Friday September 14, 2012
Session B: Processing, Transmission and Storage, and Distribution
9:00-9:15 Opening
9:15-9:45 Processing
- Presentation: Current U.S. Inventory Methods and Key Areas for Updates (11 pp, 85K)– Carey Bylin, EPA
- Discussion
9:45-10:15 Transmission and Storage
- Presentation: Current U.S. Inventory Methods and Key Areas for Updates (9 pp, 80 K)– Suzie Waltzer, EPA
- Discussion
10:15-10:45 Distribution
- Presentation: Current U.S. Inventory Methods and Key Areas for Updates (14 pp, 104 K)– Melissa Weitz, EPA
- Discussion
10:45-11:00 Break
Session C: Upcoming Studies, other Analyses
11:00-12:00 Upcoming Studies, other Analyses
- Presentation: Improving Methane Emission Estimates for Belowground Pipeline Leaks (17 pp, 1.3 MB)– Khalid Farrag, Gas Technology Institute
- Presentation: Statistical Methods and Procedures in Estimates of Methane Emissions from Unconventional Wells - a Comment on Bayesian Applications (9 pp, 148 K)– Jacob Dearmon, Oklahoma City University
- Presentation: Natural Gas Study (4 pp, 63 K)– Cliff Brown, Novim
- Presentation: Natural Gas Methane Study (1 pp, 178 K)– Ramon Alvarez, EDF
12:00-12:30 Closing of Workshop