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ArticleEnvironmental science. Processes & impacts2021

Changes in neighborhood air quality after idling of an urban oil production site.

Jill E Johnston, Kristen Okorn, Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, Amanda Jimenez

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Article in Environmental science. Processes & impacts, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jill E JohnstonDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. jillj@usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-0555
Kristen OkornDepartment of Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Yoshira Ornelas Van HorneDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. jillj@usc.edu.
Amanda JimenezDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. jillj@usc.edu.

Funding

Los AngeleS Voices on Oil, Community, Environment and Salud (LAS VOCES) StudyR01ES033478 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JOHNSTON, JILL E, SHAMASUNDER, BHAVNA · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
Health and Air Pollution Near Urban Oil Drilling SitesR21ES027695 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JOHNSTON, JILL E · 2016 to 2017
$478k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES033478NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES027695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oil and gas development is occurring in urban, densely populated neighborhoods; however, the impacts of these operations on neighborhood air quality are not well characterized. In this research, we leveraged ambient air monitoring adjacent to an oil and gas production site in Los Angeles, California during active and idle periods. This study analyzed continuous methane (CH4) and non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) measurements, together with triggered grab samples and 24 hour integrated canister samples collected by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Ambient air pollutant levels and trends were evaluated during active and idle well operations to assess changes in neighborhood air quality after the suspension of oil and gas production. We find that mean concentrations of methane, NMHC, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, styrene, n-hexane, n-pentane, ethane, and propane decreased following the stop in production activities. Using a source apportionment approach, we observed that the "natural gas" drilling source contributed 23.7% to the total VOCs measured during the active phase, and only 0.6% to the total measured VOCs in the idle phase. Near urban oil and gas production sites, residents may face poorer air quality due to the oil and gas activities which may pose adverse health and environmental risks among proximate communities.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental MonitoringHydrocarbonsLos AngelesNatural GasAir PollutantsHydrocarbonsNatural Gas

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PMID34037015
PMCPMC12912187

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