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METHANE EMISSIONS IN THE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY CHAIN

Virtual On-Demand Short Course


INSTRUCTORS: DR. DAVID ALLEN, DR. ARVIND RAVIKUMAR, DR. DAVID LYON & DR. ERIN TULLOS

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Instructed by Dr. David Allen, Dr. Arvind Ravikumar, Dr. David Lyon, and Dr. Erin Tullos, this 10-hour fundamentals course serves both as an introductory and refresher course covering the latest topics in greenhouse gas emissions and reporting in the oil and gas industry.  Participants will be exposed to leading edge research findings and technology assessments in this course. It consists of five 2-hour pre-recorded segments covering:

  • Instructor: Dr. David Allen

    This module provides an overview of the scope of the course, a discussion of Global Warming potentials and other ways of consolidating carbon dioxide and methane emission reporting, and a summary of the current understanding of the sources of methane emissions in natural gas supply chains. The module will include a brief introduction of methane emission measurement methods and their field application, ranging from on-source measurements, to drone, aircraft, and satellite measurements.

  • Instructor: Dr. Arvind Ravikumar

    This module provides an overview and case studies in developing greenhouse gas lifecycle assessments of US natural gas supply chains that incorporate data from recent methane emissions measurement campaigns. Key challenges in integrating measurements with lifecycle approaches will be discussed, along with recent advances in developing geospatial and supply chain-specific greenhouse gas emission intensities. This module will conclude with a discussion of the role of measurement-informed lifecycle assessments in contemporary regulatory policies and voluntary initiatives such as the Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) framework.

  • Instructor: Dr. Erin Tullos

    This module provides a survey of methods for developing measurement informed source and site level emissions estimates for common material sources. The module will also provide an overview of reconciliation and uncertainty in measurement informed inventories.

  • Instructor: Dr. David Lyon

    This module provides an overview of the dynamic regulatory landscape regarding methane emission from oil and gas facilities in the United States, including changes to the NSPS, GHGRP, and introduction of the Waste Emission Charge.

Recordings:
These sessions were pre-recorded during our live online course that took place in August 2024. The session recordings will be made available via email 1-2 business days after registration has been completed.

INSTRUCTORS

Dr. David Allen
Professor
The University of Texas at Austin

David Allen, Ph.D., is the Gertz Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering, and the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, at the University of Texas at Austin. Allen has been a lead investigator for studies that made some of the first measurements of methane emissions from unconventional oil and gas production. Allen has served on a variety of governmental advisory panels and from 2012 to 2015 chaired the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board. In 2017, Allen was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering and in 2020 he received the ENI Energy Transitions Award. Allen has been recognized with teaching awards from the University of Texas, UCLA, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineer’s national award for chemical engineering education. Allen has developed textbooks and environmental educational materials for engineering curricula and for the University of Texas at Austin’s core curriculum, as well as engineering education materials for high school students. He led the development of a year-long high school engineering course, Engineer Your World, which is used in hundreds of high schools nationwide. Allen received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1979. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1981 and 1983.

Dr. Arvind Ravikumar
Research Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Ravikumar’s research group, the Sustainable Energy Development Lab, focuses on developing technical, social and policy solutions to effective climate action in the global energy sector through a combination of field work, model development and scenario analysis. Specific topics include the role of new technologies in decarbonizing the oil and gas industry, methane emissions and the future of LNG and natural gas, equitable energy transitions in extractive economies, and energy demand and sustainability in the developing world. He is also co-director of the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab.

Dr. Erin Tullos
Senior Research Fellow
The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Erin Tullos has worked on air quality and GHG emissions issues related to the oil and gas industry for nearly 17 years after completing her PhD in physical chemistry studying the chemical kinetics of tropospheric ozone formation and molecular dynamics contributing to stratospheric ozone depletion. She presently works as a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin on methane research. She spent the first 14 years of her career in environmental roles, including in research, regulatory advocacy, and compliance. She made significant contributions to leading organizations like ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66, and ExxonMobil. During her time at ExxonMobil, Dr. Tullos led research on cost-effective methane detection and mitigation. She spearheaded large-scale testing of methane detection technologies across ExxonMobil, created interdisciplinary collaborations such as Project Astra and Project Falcon, and developed the first-ever application to use emerging methane detection technology for EPA approval. After leaving industry, she developed Veritas, a differentiated gas initiative, for GTI Energy, worked as the Director for the Aerial Measurement Program at Scientific Aviation (post acquisition by ChampionX), and an advisor for an emissions measurement, reporting, and verification software company. Meanwhile, she worked as the Senior Advisor and Uncertainty and Reconciliation expert to the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP 2.0) at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Dr. David Lyon
Senior Research Scientist
The University of Texas at Austin

David Lyon is a Senior Research Scientist working on approaches to quantify and mitigate methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining UT EEMDL, David worked 1 year at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 10 years at Environmental Defense Fund, and 3 years at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. David received a PhD in Environmental Dynamics from the University of Arkansas and performed doctoral research on methane super-emitters.

REGISTRATION FEES

Fee: $100.00

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