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Deafcat22 t1_j9hprv7 wrote

What's worse, really:

You show the provincial government of Saskatchewan these thorough figures, they won't bat an eye. We have a highly conservative government here with seemingly little care regarding emissions and greenhouse gases.

In all of Canada, our province also has the highest greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the nation... We're #1 even without being honest about how much we're actually emitting (no doubt much more, all across the board).

(Edit: in gross emissions, we're #4 highest, but only the 6th most populous province).

It is rather embarrassing. Especially when considering the long term negative impacts Canada is sure to experience from climate change.

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garlicroastedpotato t1_j9iekf1 wrote

Oh... the politics is actually SIGNIFICANTLY worse than this.

This is the second survey of its kind using this technology in Canada. The first was in Canada which found very similar results.... under estimated emissions.

Basically the problem is that the federal government has a very optimistic target for greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030. They are reliant on the numbers being as useful for them to get to that goal as possible. If it turned out that the oil industry was actually producing 30% more GHGs than reported.

The problem is we use a system called the Inventory System which was designed in 1997 to measure the Kyoto Goals. Instead of measuring actual pollution they just took the measure of creating a product (average) and then just multiplied it by the total product created.

It's in absolutely everyone in Canada's interest to lie about the carbon totals.

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avogadros_number OP t1_j9hocdi wrote

Study (open access): Methane Venting at Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) Facilities Is Significantly Underreported and Led by High-Emitting Wells with Low or Negative Value

>Abstract

>Cold Heavy Oil Production with or without Sand, CHOP(S), facilities produce a significant portion of Canada’s conventional oil. Methane venting from single-well CHOPS facilities in Saskatchewan, Canada was measured (i) using Bridger Photonics’ airborne Gas Mapping LiDAR (GML) at 962 sites and (ii) on-site using an optical mass flux meter (VentX), ultrasonic flow meter, and QOGI camera at 11 sites. The strong correlation between ground measurements and airborne GML supported subsequent detailed analysis of the aerial data and to our knowledge is the first study to directly test the ability of airplane surveys to accurately reproduce mean emission rates of unsteady sources. Actual methane venting was found to be nearly four times greater than the industry-reported levels used in emission inventories, with ∼80% of all emissions attributed to casing gas venting. Further analysis of site-total emissions revealed potential gaps in regulations, with 14% of sites appearing to exceed regulated limits while accounting for 61% of measured methane emissions. Finally, the concept of marginal wells was adapted to consider the inferred cost of methane emissions under current carbon pricing. Results suggest that almost a third of all methane is emitted from environmentally marginal wells, where the inferred methane cost negates the value of the oil produced. Overall, the present results illustrate the importance of independent monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) to ensure accuracy in reporting and regulatory compliance, and to ensure mitigation targets are not foiled by a collection of disproportionately high-emitting sites.

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is0ph t1_j9j8kgk wrote

If I’m not mistaken climate forecasts are based on these reports lies. Which means all anticipated negative outcomes will happen earlier than predicted and have worse effects.

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FerociousPancake t1_j9iovgl wrote

It’s cool they probably just wrote the government a big hush check so they left them alone

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PayTyler t1_j9itmle wrote

I wish everyone would just be honest to the best of their abilities. Why are they releasing so much methane anyway? Don't they know that's money that's floating away?

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