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Documenting Air Pollution Sources

Often times we wonder what might be coming off of an oil and gas well pad or out of a compressor station. While many of the emissions might be invisible to the naked eye, there are situations when it is possible to see such cases of air pollution. Let us take you on a digital tour of a few examples of visible air emissions.

Click on the images below to explore the various types and sources:

1. Raw gas and or condensate vapors

2. Silica dust release during hydraulic fracturing operations at every well pad

3. Barite dust during drilling

4. Rock dust during drilling

5. Diesel fumes from unregulated, off road, non-stationary power sources used during hydraulic fracturing operations

6. Semi-regulated diesel fumes from on road diesel powered trucks

7. Unregulated, off road, non-stationary power sources during drilling

8. Unregulated, off road, non-stationary power sources during drilling

9. Dust on public roads from heavy truck traffic

10. Emission from open burning at well pad prep sites and pipeline debris

11. Flaring during flowback operations and other pipeline operations

12. Bentonite clay dust released during drilling at Marcellus Shale gas well

Visible Air Emissions Photo Index

  1. Raw gas and/or condensate vapors
  2. Silica dust released during hydraulic fracturing operations
  3. Barite dust during drilling
  4. Rock dust during drilling
  5. Diesel fumes from unregulated, off road, non-stationary power sources
  6. Semi-regulated diesel fumes from on road diesel powered trucks
  7. Unregulated, off road, non-stationary power sources during drilling
  8. Unregulated, off road, non-stationary power sources during drilling
  9. Dust on public roads from heavy truck traffic
  10. Emission from open burning at well pad prep sites and pipeline debris
  11. Flaring during flowback operations and other pipeline operations
  12. Bentonite clay dust released during drilling

If you have examples of other types of air pollution sources from oil and gas activities, send them our way.

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