How to boost natural gas vapour recovery

Oil and natural gas producers have always been diligent about recovering as much of their oilfield product as possible.
The product alone has considerable value, so any product losses impact the bottom line. But that’s not the only reason these producers have made product recovery a priority, especially in recent years.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a final rule designed to sharply reduce methane and similar emissions from oil and natural gas operations, including from existing sources across the United States.
The final rule includes new standards to reduce methane and volatile organic compounds from new, modified and reconstructed sources. It also includes emissions guidelines that set procedures for states to follow to limit methane from existing sources.
Environmental regulations have continuously become more stringent over the decades and this recent action from the US EPA follows that same pattern. Oil and natural gas producers, as has been the case over the last 10 to 20 years, must be cognisant not only of the value of their product but also of mitigating its environmental impact. One of the ways to do this...