Revisiting a Stanford Study on GHG Emissions from Aging Oilfields
Stanford University released a study this week that finds greenhouse gas emission intensity from oilfields increases “in some cases over tenfold” over a 25-year timeframe, because more energy is required to extract crude as oilfields age. The study didn’t garner much media coverage, but a write-up in E&E News headlined “Emissions surge as production areas…