Fence-Line Spectroscopic\nMeasurements Suggest Carry-Over\nof Salt-Laden Aerosols into Flare Systems Is Common
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Abstract
Pollutant emissions from gas flares in the upstream oil\nand gas\n(UOG) industry can be exacerbated by aerosols of coproduced liquid\nhydrocarbons and formation water that survive separation and enter\nthe flare. Of noteworthy concern is the potential impact of salt-laden\naerosols, since the associated chlorine may adversely affect combustion\nand emissions. Here, we use a novel approach to remotely detect carry-over\nof salt-laden aerosols into field-operational flares via flame emission\nspectroscopy targeting two of the most abundant species in produced\nwater samples, sodium and potassium. Ninety-five UOG flares were examined\nduring field campaigns in the Bakken (U.S.A. and Canada) and Amazon\n(Ecuador) basins. For the first time, carry-over of salt species into\nflares is definitively detected and further found to be concerningly\ncommon, with 74% of studied flares having detectable sodium and/or\npotassium signatures. Additional analysis reveals that carry-over\nstrongly correlates with reported flared gas volume (positive) and\nwell age (negative), but carry-over was also observed in flares linked\nto older wells and those flaring relatively little gas. Given the\nscale of global UOG flaring and the risk of salt-laden aerosols affecting\nemissions, these findings emphasize the need to review separation\nstandards and re-evaluate pollutant emissions from flares experiencing\ncarry-over.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.049 | 0.016 |
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