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Natural Gas STAR Program

Methane Emissions from Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Blowdowns

This presentation was given by Justin Pryor (U.S. EPA Methane Challenge Program) at the Technology Transfer Workshop, Pipeline Blowdowns in Transmission and Distribution, held on November 10, 2016 in Houston, Texas.

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Methane Emissions from Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Blowdowns (PDF)(17 pp, 559 K, November 2016)