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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Recently, global climate change and air quality have become increasingly important environmental concerns.<span id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">[http://petrowiki.org/Environment#cite_note-0 [1]]</span>&nbsp;Consequently, there has been a rise in collaborative international efforts to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants. Greenhouse gases include&nbsp;[http://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide (CO2)],&nbsp;[http://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Methane methane (CH4)]&nbsp;and nitrous oxide (N2O), occuring na</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">turally and as the result of human activity. Criteria pollutants include emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and total unburned hydrocarbons. International and national governments are implementing more regulations on air emissions.&nbsp;Drilling contractors can play an important role in environmental stewardship by reporting carbon emissions from drilling operations, eliminating redundant emission measurements, and leading the industry in efforts to reduce these emissions.</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Methane_emissions"><br/><br/>Methane emissions</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Carbon_emissions"><br/><br/>Carbon emissions</span>
== <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Recently, global climate change and air quality have become increasingly important environmental concerns.<span id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;">[http://petrowiki.org/Environment#cite_note-0 [1]]</span>&nbsp;Consequently, there has been a rise in collaborative international efforts to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants. Greenhouse gases include&nbsp;[http://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide (CO2)],&nbsp;[http://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Methane methane (CH4)]&nbsp;and nitrous oxide (N2O), occuring na</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">turally and as the result of human activity. Criteria pollutants include emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and total unburned hydrocarbons. International and national governments are implementing more regulations on air emissions.&nbsp;Drilling contractors can play an important role in environmental stewardship by reporting carbon emissions from drilling operations, eliminating redundant emission measurements, and leading the industry in efforts to reduce these emissions.</span><br/><br/><span class="mw-headline" id="Methane_emissions">Methane emissions</span><br/><br/><span class="mw-headline" id="Carbon_emissions">Carbon emissions</span> ==


<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;emissions from the burning of fossil fuels has been on the incline since the industrial era; and with more than 85% of the world’s energy coming from fossil fuels, it will remain an important energy source well into the future. As the demand for fossil fuels is growing, so is the volume of CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;emitted each year. This has led to concerns over the impact of CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;emissions on global climate change.&nbsp;[http://petrowiki.org/CO2_sequestration S]</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">[http://petrowiki.org/CO2_sequestration equestration]&nbsp;is one option that is gaining interest to stabilize and reduce the concentration of CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">.</span>
<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;emissions from the burning of fossil fuels has been on the incline since the industrial era; and with more than 85% of the world’s energy coming from fossil fuels, it will remain an important energy source well into the future. As the demand for fossil fuels is growing, so is the volume of CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;emitted each year. This has led to concerns over the impact of CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;emissions on global climate change.&nbsp;[http://petrowiki.org/CO2_sequestration S]</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">[http://petrowiki.org/CO2_sequestration equestration]&nbsp;is one option that is gaining interest to stabilize and reduce the concentration of CO</span><span style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em;">2</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">.</span>


== <span class="mw-headline" id="Reducing_air_emissions">Reducing air emissions</span> ==
== <span class="mw-headline" id="Reducing_air_emissions">Reducing air emissions</span> ==

Revision as of 14:57, 21 August 2015

Recently, global climate change and air quality have become increasingly important environmental concerns.[1] Consequently, there has been a rise in collaborative international efforts to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutants. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide (CO2)methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), occuring naturally and as the result of human activity. Criteria pollutants include emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and total unburned hydrocarbons. International and national governments are implementing more regulations on air emissions. Drilling contractors can play an important role in environmental stewardship by reporting carbon emissions from drilling operations, eliminating redundant emission measurements, and leading the industry in efforts to reduce these emissions.

Methane emissions

Carbon emissions

CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels has been on the incline since the industrial era; and with more than 85% of the world’s energy coming from fossil fuels, it will remain an important energy source well into the future. As the demand for fossil fuels is growing, so is the volume of CO2 emitted each year. This has led to concerns over the impact of CO2 emissions on global climate change. Sequestration is one option that is gaining interest to stabilize and reduce the concentration of CO2.

Reducing air emissions