Quantifying Methane Emissions from Industrial Activities using a Helicopter-borne System: Results from Measurement Campaigns in Poland and the Arabian Peninsula
As one of the second most important greenhouse gases after carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) is in the focus of worldwide initiatives to combat global warming. Since methane has a higher short-term global warming potential (GWP) than CO2, mitigation actions take effect sooner. UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) aims to improve the accuracy of emissions data from the Oil and Gas (O&G), coal and waste sectors to support mitigation activities. For the first time, the unique helicopter-towed probe HELiPOD was used to estimate CH4 mass fluxes from selected emission sources in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in southern Poland in 2022 and from the O&G and waste sector in Oman in 2023.