Diversified CEO Says Methane Leaks from Old Gas Wells “Minute”

Yesterday Diversified Energy announced it is expanding methane emissions detection at the company’s operations in the Appalachian Basin by deploying an extra 500 handheld detection devices (in addition to 100 already in use) at its well sites (see Diversified Uses Handheld Devices to Detect, Eliminate Methane Leaks). With some 67,000 mostly conventional (older) wells, how big of a problem is methane leakage? According to CEO Rusty Hutson, methane leaks from Diverisifed wells is "a very small, minute, amount."

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