Oil and Gas Workgroup
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Inventory Collaborative Google Drive Link
Members
Co-leads: Tom Moore (WRAP), Jeff Vukovich (USEPA)For a listing of the team members
Coordination Committee Meetings
May 14, 2018
AttendeesSee:
Agenda
- Roll call
- Review Action Items from last 2016 O&G Workgroup call
- Updated 2016 point source for oil and gas sources available (sector named pt_oilgas)
- ftp://newftp.epa.gov/Air/emismod/2016/alpha/2016fd/emissions/
- Understanding the point source oil and gas sector in 2016 Emissions Modeling Platform (dated May 14, 2018)
- Comparison vs. 2014NEIv2
- Upstream and mid-stream sources in pt_oilgas
- Downstream (e.g. refineries) in non-EGU sector (named ptnonipm)
- States to review
- Action Items for pt_oilgas sector ?
- Complete point analysis for beta in June
- Plan to move to nonpoint oil and gas sources – reporting, possible tool application, etc on June call
- Survey update (Moore)
- Next call is on June 11 at 2PM ET
Minutes/Notes
April 9, 2018
AttendeesSee:
Agenda
- Roll call
- Review Action Items from last 2016 O&G Workgroup call
- Survey overview (T. Moore)
- First Draft Outline(provided by Tom Moore)
- Survey discussion EI spreadsheet (provided by NYDEC)
- NYDEC input (Papageorgiou)
- OKDEQ input (Richardson)
- National Committee Review docs
- Discussion
- How point source oil and gas inventory sources extracted from entire NEI point source inventory? (Vukovich)
- NAICS codes used to pull out these sources from NEI all point source dataset
- Dividing up the NEI point source data for modeling platform purposes (dated April 9, 2018)
- Update on Year 2016 point source inventory for oil and gas sources
- More QA reports available in QA folder on Google Drive
- Case study: issues that will come up when projecting an oil and gas inventory to a future year (Vukovich)
Minutes/Notes
- Roll call was completed
- Action Items from previous call reviewed
- Tom Moore presented an outline of the survey timeline along with the other milestones for the workgroup
- NYDEC provided survey input and related-document made available in the agenda for the call
- OKDEQ also provided survey input and QA/QC-related info
- The National Oil and Gas Analysis project and the different documents available were discussed
- Vukovich presented how EPA typically divides up the NEI point sources inventory and how it impacts oil and gas sources
- Discussion about NAICS codes being updated in year 2017
- QA reports are available in QA folder on Google Drive
- Last agenda item will be moved to next call
- Next meeting Mon. May 14th 2PM ET
Action Items
- Members to continue to review the charge document before next call (ALL)
- Please continue to send Tom Moore survey ideas (ALL)
- Members to continue to review alpha version of the 2016 oil and gas inventory (ALL)
- Send QA steps that you perform and feedback to co-chairs please!
- Provide outline/plan for generating beta version inventories for years 2016, 2023 and 2028 ( Moore and Vukovich)
- EPA year 2016 point source inventory for oil and gas will be made available to workgroup before next call (Vukovich)
March 12, 2018
AttendeesSee:
Agenda
- Introductions, roll call – name, daily job responsibilities with respect to oil and gas issues, agency
- set up regular meeting times for workgroup
- suggest second Monday of month at 2PM ET (like this kickoff mtg time)
- build agenda for monthly calls based on a 60-min. duration
- Collaboration mission: Develop a year 2016 Emissions Modeling Platform
- Review draft Charge Document for the Workgroup
- Discuss timeframe for review and edits, finalize on next call
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gSPGuunaE5J5Xbm2Cj11C72j6bq4zwdUBsV9MMBpiKE
- Using the 2016 EMP Wiki and Google document folders
- Oil and Gas Workgroup wiki page
- Google Drive Oil and Gas Workgroup Folder
- Review Alignment between 2016 EMP and 2017 NEI for O&G sources document
- 2016 Oil and Gas Alpha version brief summary
- 2014NEIv2 ftp://newftp.epa.gov/Air/emismod/2014/v2/2014fd/emissions/
- Optional projected 2016 ftp://newftp.epa.gov/Air/emismod/2016/alpha/2016fd/emissions/
Minutes/Notes
- Roll call was completed
- Monthly calls will be on second Monday of the month at 2PM ET
- HOWEVER next call on April 9th at 1230PM ET to accommodate a MJO/state meeting conflict on that day
- 2016 Collaborative EMP development was summarized
- The Oil and Gas Workgroup charge document was summarized
- Tom Moore summarizes the Alignment between 2016 EMP and 2017 NEI for O&G sources document
- Tom introduced possible survey ideas
- Possibly come from the states/MJOs on the workgroup and voluntary
- Discussion of beta and version 1 of 2016 O&G inventories and schedule
- Alpha version of the O&G sources inventory was explained and discussed
- EPA should have a year 2016 point source O&G inventory in late March or early April
- Tom Moore(WRAP)/John Grant (Ramboll) mentioned that a review of the point and non-point O&G sources report is available
- Group discussed methodologies to project sources from 2014 to 2016
- Alpha version used historical production state data from EIA
- Projection factors were provided on Google Drive Oil and Gas folder
- Modelers have option to use NEI2014v2 or projected 2016 inventory in AQ modeling applications
Action Items
- Members to review the charge document before next call
- Members to review the Alignment 2016 EMP-2017 NEI document
- Survey ideas to be sent to Tom Moore before next call
- EPA to provide NAICS codes used to determine which point sources belong in the point source O&G sector (Vukovich)
- Provide links to the National Committee review docs (T. Moore)