Another study has confirmed that there is significant methane leakage in natural gas extraction. This was the finding in a major new study published in Geophysical Research Letters. A total of 19 researchers, mostly from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).
The data was collected by research aircraft and measured significant quantities of methane seeping from natural gas fields. The measurements were taken in February in the Uinta Basin. What was most alarming in the findings is that the field leeched on average 6 to 12 percent of the methane produced.
