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Why we’re barely keeping track of this growing climate problem
“Marginal wells only produce 6-7 percent of [oil and gas] in the US but they disproportionately account for almost 50 percent of the US oil and gas production-related emissions,” Gautam said. “These facilities only produce less than 15 barrels of oil equivalent per day, but then there are more than half a million of these just scattered around the US.”
https://www.vox.com/climate/416470/methane-emissions-climate-natural-gas-pollution-leak-coal
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