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Characterizing PivotalSources of MethaneEmissions fromUnconventional NaturalGas Production
 
Summary and Analysis of API and ANGA SurveyResponses
Terri Shires and Miriam Lev-OnURS Corporation and The LEVON Group
FINAL REPORTJune 1, 2012
 
Summary and Analysis of API and ANGA Survey Responses i
Table of Contents
1.
 
Overview
 
.............................................................................................................................. 11.1
 
Context
 
.......................................................................................................................... 11.2
 
Introduction to the API/ANGA Survey
 
........................................................................ 32.
 
Well Data
 
............................................................................................................................. 42.1
 
National Gas Well Counts
 
............................................................................................ 42.2
 
Gas Well Completions
 
.................................................................................................. 62.3
 
Data Limitations Concerning Wells
 
............................................................................. 93.
 
Gas Well Liquids Unloading
 
............................................................................................. 114.
 
Hydraulic Fracturing and Re-fracturing (Workovers)
 
....................................................... 154.1
 
API/ANGA Survey
 
..................................................................................................... 154.2
 
WRAP Survey
 
............................................................................................................ 194.3
 
Impact of Completions and Re-fracture Rate Assumptions
 
....................................... 194.4
 
Completion and Re-fracture Emission Factor
 
............................................................ 204.5
 
Data Limitations for Completion and Re-fracture Emissions
 
.................................... 225.
 
Other Surveyed Information
 
.............................................................................................. 235.1
 
Centrifugal Compressors
 
............................................................................................ 235.2
 
Pneumatic Controllers
 
................................................................................................ 246.
 
Conclusions
 
........................................................................................................................ 267.
 
References
 
.......................................................................................................................... 28
 Appendix A. API/ANGA Survey Forms
 
........................................................................................ 30
 Appendix B. ANGA/API Well Survey Information
 
....................................................................... 35
 Appendix C. Emission Estimates for Gas Well Liquids Unloading
 
............................................. 39
 
 
Summary and Analysis of API and ANGA Survey Responses ii
Tables
ES-1. Emission Comparison between EPA and Industry Data ......................................... iv1. API/ANGA Survey – Summary of Gas Well Counts by Type and NEMS Region ..... 52. API/ANGA Survey – Additional Details on Gas Well Counts ................................... 73. API/ANGA Survey – Summary of Liquids Unloading Data ...................................... 84. API/ANGA Survey –Liquids Unloading Emissions Comparison ............................... 85. API/ANGA Survey – Summary of Gas Well Workovers with Hydraulic Fracturing in2010 and First Half of 2011 by NEMS Region And Well Type (First Survey DataRequest Phase) ........................................................................................................ 126. API/ANGA Survey – Summary of 2010 Gas Well Workovers on UnconventionalWells by AAPG Basin and NEMS Region (Second Survey Data Request Phase) .... 137. WRAP Survey – Summary of Gas Well Workovers by AAPG Basin for the RockyMountain Region, 2006 Data ................................................................................... 168. API/ANGA Survey –Gas Well Workover Emissions Comparison ........................... 189. WRAP Survey – Summary of Completion Emissions for the Rocky MountainRegion, 2006 Data ................................................................................................... 1910. ANGA Survey – Summary of Completion Emissions .............................................. 2111. API/ANGA Survey –Pneumatic Controller Counts .................................................. 2212. Pneumatic Controller Emission Comparison – Production Operations ..................... 2413. Pneumatic Controller Emission Comparison – Production Operations ..................... 2514. Emission Comparison between EPA and Industry Data ........................................... 26B-1. ANGA/API Survey – Summary of Gas Well Counts by Type and NEMS Region . 36B-2. ANGA/API Survey – Additional Details on Gas Well Counts ............................... 37C-1. Liquids Unloading for Conventional Gas Wells without Plunger Lifts .................. 40C-2. Liquids Unloading for Conventional Gas Wells with Plunger Lifts ....................... 41C-3. Liquids Unloading for Unconventional Gas Wells without Plunger Lifts .............. 42C-4. Liquids Unloading for Unconventional Gas Wells with Plunger Lifts ................... 45
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1.
 
Comparison of EPA to API/ANGA Gas Well Count Data by AAPG Basin ............. 29A.1 Survey Instructions .................................................................................................. 30A.2 Gas Well Survey Data ............................................................................................. 31A.3 Gas Well Workover Survey Data ............................................................................. 32A.4 Gas Well Liquids Unloading Survey Data ............................................................... 33A.5 Other Survey Data ................................................................................................... 34
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