Little evidence for significant increases of methane emissions from oil and gas operations in the U.S.

Xin Lan1,2, Pieter P Tans1, Colm Sweeney2,3, Arlyn Andrews4, Edward J Dlugokencky1, Patricia M Lang1, Molly Crotwell2,5, Benjamin R Miller1, Jonathan Kofler1,2, Tim Newberger2,5, Kathryn McKain4,6, Sonja Wolter2,5 and Stephen A Montzka7, (1)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)NOAA, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (6)University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, United States, (7)NOAA Boulder, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States