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ArticleScientific data2023

An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions due to natural gas pipeline incidents in the United States and Canada from 1980s to 2021.

Hongfang Lu, Zhao-Dong Xu, Y Frank Cheng, Haoyan Peng, Dongmin Xi, Xinmeng Jiang, Xin Ma, Jun Dai, Yuli Shan

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Hongfang Lu *China-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Smart Disaster Prevention of Major Infrastructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
Zhao-Dong XuChina-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Smart Disaster Prevention of Major Infrastructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China. zhdxu@163.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2226-9871
Y Frank Cheng *Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada.
Haoyan PengChina-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Smart Disaster Prevention of Major Infrastructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
Dongmin XiChina-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Smart Disaster Prevention of Major Infrastructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
Xinmeng JiangChina-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Smart Disaster Prevention of Major Infrastructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
Xin MaSchool of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China.
Jun DaiChina-Pakistan Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Smart Disaster Prevention of Major Infrastructures, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
Yuli ShanSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. y.shan@bham.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5215-8657

Funding

Government of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Province) BK20220848Government of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Province) BK20222006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural gas is believed to be a critical transitional energy source. However, natural gas pipelines, once failed, will contribute to a large amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including methane from uncontrolled natural gas venting and carbon dioxide from flared natural gas. However, the GHG emissions caused by pipeline incidents are not included in the regular inventories, making the counted GHG amount deviate from the reality. This study, for the first time, establishes an inventory framework for GHG emissions including all natural gas pipeline incidents in the two of the largest gas producers and consumers in North America (United States and Canada) from 1980s to 2021. The inventory comprises GHG emissions resulting from gathering and transmission pipeline incidents in a total of 24 states or regions in the United States between 1970 and 2021, local distribution pipeline incidents in 22 states or regions between 1970 and 2021, as well as natural gas pipeline incidents in a total of 7 provinces or regions in Canada between 1979 and 2021. These datasets can improve the accuracy of regular emission inventories by covering more emission sources in the United States and Canada and provide essential information for climate-oriented pipeline integrity management.

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PMCPMC10183021

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