Technologies of Exploring and Operating Shale Gas Resources
Cause Varying Emissions of Volatile Hydrocarbons
Not all boreholes are the same. Scientists of the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT) used mobile measurement equipment to analyze
gaseous compounds emitted by the extraction of oil and natural gas in the USA.
For the first time, organic pollutants emitted during a fracking process were
measured at a high temporal resolution using a vapor capture system. The
highest values measured by this process exceeded typical mean values in urban
air by a factor of about one thousand, as was reported in the ACP journal.