Texas Pipeline Operators Released or Flared Tons of Gas to Avert Explosions During Heatwave
One company, Targa Resources, vented more than 500,000 pounds of toxins into the air during 17 reported events over a week-long period of extreme heat.
“Emissions are always way worse when it’s hot,” said Sharon Wilson, an optical gas thermographer who monitors oilfield emissions in Texas with Oilfield Witness. “The oil and gas industry cannot survive the extreme weather they create.”
Most of the heat-related emissions were reported as “volatile organic compounds,” the complex chemicals, vapors at room temperature, that make up petroleum gas. It’s mostly methane, but also includes cancer-causing chemicals like benzene, xylene and ethylbenzene.
“These events add up to a lot of toxic gases,” Wilson said. “They are just using our air for a dump.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30062023/texas-pipeline-flare-release-gasheat/
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