One oil field a key culprit in global ethane gas increase

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 16:10 in Earth & Climate

A single U.S. shale oil field is responsible for much of the past decade’s increase in global atmospheric levels of ethane, a gas that can damage air quality and impact climate, according to new study led by the University of Michigan. The researchers found that the Bakken Formation, an oil and gas field in North […]

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