INGAA Wants Flexibility On Greenhouse Gas Monitoring

摘要

INGAA is pressing the EPA to clarify greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting rules for 2011. Companies had to monitor greenhouse gas emissions from compressor combustion in 2010 and report emissions over 25,000 tons as of March 31, 2011. For 2011, pipelines must monitor fugitive and vented emissions, too, from centrifugal compressor venting, reciprocating compressor rod packing venting and some less significant sources. Combustion measurements were fairly easy; monitoring fugitive and vented emissions, mostly of methane, will be much more difficult because measurement has to be done directly, by a worker, which in many cases, particularly with regard to blow down vents, can pose serious safety threats because of the difficulty of getting to those vents.