Final Report Modeled Impacts of Oil and Gas on air quality and human health

The report uses photochemical modeling to compare a 2025 'Baseline' scenario with a 'Zero-Oil&Gas' scenario to quantify the contribution of the oil and gas sector to ozone concentrations and associated health burdens across the continental United States.

• The 'Zero-Oil&Gas' scenario, which removes 3.5 million tons of VOCs and 1.2 million tons of NOx from the 2025 Baseline, results in widespread reductions in ozone concentrations across the U.S., with the maximum annual average decrease of 4 ppb and maximum ozone season decrease of 6.4 ppb both occurring in Texas.
• The removal of all oil and gas sector emissions is estimated to prevent significant human health burdens in 2025, including 1,547,514 cases of acute respiratory symptoms, 755,177 asthma exacerbations, and 551,592 school loss days.
• In addition to morbidity, the 'Zero-Oil&Gas' scenario is estimated to reduce asthma-related emergency department visits by 1,910 and respiratory hospital admissions by 618.
• The oil and gas sector is the largest source of anthropogenic VOC emissions in 11 U.S. states, with the highest percentages of anthropogenic VOCs coming from this sector in North Dakota (88.3%), Wyoming (84.4%), and New Mexico (78.6%).

APA

Thompson, T. M. (2016). Final Report Modeled Impacts of Oil and Gas on air quality and human health. Clean Air Task Force. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/21094422/CATF_WhitePapers_Modeled_Impacts_of_OilGas_on_Air_Quality__Human_Health.pdf

Chicago

Thompson, Tammy M. Final Report Modeled Impacts of Oil and Gas on air quality and human health. Clean Air Task Force, 2016. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/21094422/CATF_WhitePapers_Modeled_Impacts_of_OilGas_on_Air_Quality__Human_Health.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{thompson2016final, author = {Thompson, Tammy M.}, title = {{Final Report Modeled Impacts of Oil and Gas on air quality and human health}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2016}, month = aug, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/21094422/CATF_WhitePapers_Modeled_Impacts_of_OilGas_on_Air_Quality__Human_Health.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }