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Carbon credits for mitigating orphan & idle oil well methane emissions

Crompton, James
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Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy
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Handler, Brad
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Bhalala, Vandan
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2024-11-01
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https://hdl.handle.net/11124/179168
 https://doi.org/10.25676/11124/179168
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It is well understood that permanently plugging old, abandoned oil and gas wells in the U.S. can make a big impact in our nation's efforts to combat global warming. Recent estimates suggest that nationally, annual methane emissions from unplugged wells are equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions in a range from a CO₂ equivalent of 7-20 million metric tons per year (approximately the emissions of 2 to 5 million cars) annually.
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