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Estimating emissions potential of decommissioned gas wells from shale samples
April 22, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news:

Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions. A team led by Penn State researchers has developed a new tool that can estimate the emission potential of shale wells after they are no longer active.

The findings, published in the journal Science of the Tot . . .

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