Characterizing ambient air quality and oil and gas air pollution emissions in Broomfield County, CO

Unconventional oil and natural gas development (UOGD) has expanded rapidly
across the United States in recent decades and raised concerns about
associated air quality impacts. While significant effort has been made to
quantify methane emissions, relatively few observations have been made of
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), especially during drilling and
completion of new wells. Extensive air monitoring during development of
several large, multi-well pads in Broomfield, Colorado, in the
Denver-Julesburg Basin, provides a novel opportunity to examine changes in
local air toxics and other VOC concentrations during well drilling and
completions and production.