التطورات والتحديات في قياس وتحليل انبعاثات الميثان في قطاع النفط والغاز: مراجعة نقدية

المؤلفون

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.3971

الكلمات المفتاحية:

القياس الكمي، منشات النفط، التقدير، التقييم، الانبعاثات المتسربة

الملخص

تُعد انبعاثات الميثان الناتجة عن عمليات النفط والغاز من العوامل المؤثرة في تغير المناخ بسبب تأثيرها القوي كغاز دفيئة، إضافةً إلى الانتشار الواسع لعدم قياسها بدقة. كما لا يمكن اعتبار الغاز الطبيعي وقودًا انتقاليًا موثوقًا، لأن التسربات الصغيرة من قطاع النفط والغاز يمكن أن تُقوّض بسهولة دوره المفترض في الحد من الانبعاثات.تقيّم هذه المراجعة التقنيات الحالية والمبتكرة المستخدمة في كشف وتقدير وإدارة الانبعاثات المتسربة من الميثان التي تحدث في جميع مراحل إنتاج النفط والغاز. وقد استخدمت المراجعة منهجية تحليلية منظمة لتقييم المقالات العلمية المحكمة والوثائق التنظيمية والتطورات التكنولوجية الحديثة التي تناولت المجالات التشغيلية في مواقع مختلفة.تُظهر الدراسة أن أي طريقة واحدة لا يمكنها تقديم صورة كاملة لانبعاثات الميثان. فالجردات المعتمدة على منهجية Bottom-up تُستخدم لأغراض التقارير التنظيمية، لكنها لا تستطيع قياس الانبعاثات الناتجة عن المصادر فائقة الانبعاث (super-emitters) بدقة. في المقابل، تساعد الملاحظات الجوية المعتمدة على منهجية Top-down في تحديد مصادر الانبعاث غير المبلغ عنها، لكنها لا تستطيع تحديد مواقع هذه المصادر بدقة. أما الطرق المباشرة مثل التصوير البصري للغاز (OGI) وأجهزة القياس المتنقلة فتُمكّن المنشآت من الكشف عن التسربات. كما أن دمج النماذج الهجينة مع الابتكارات المعتمدة على الذكاء الاصطناعي يؤدي إلى تحسين دقة الكشف عندما تعمل هذه التقنيات كنظام متكامل. وتعمل أنظمة المراقبة والإبلاغ في أمريكا الشمالية وأوروبا بمستوى متقدم، في حين تواجه العراق ودول أخرى في الشرق الأوسط تحديات بسبب ضعف البنية التحتية وعدم اتساق بيانات الرصد.تشير المراجعة إلى أن تحسين محاسبة انبعاثات الميثان يتطلب إنشاء أنظمة مراقبة متكاملة متعددة المقاييس تعتمد بروتوكولات قياسية موحدة لمعالجة فجوات المعرفة الحالية. كما تجمع الدراسة نتائج البحوث السابقة لتحديد القضايا المستمرة، مما يساعد في تطوير أنظمة مراقبة أكثر كفاءة، وتمكين إعداد خطط تخفيف خاصة بكل منطقة، إضافة إلى إبراز الحاجة إلى أنظمة كشف فورية في الزمن الحقيقي، وأساليب دمج البيانات، وابتكارات تنظيمية مستقبلية.

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الإستلام

2026-03-07

النسخة النهائية

2026-10-27

الموافقة

2026-10-30

النشر الالكتروني

2026-10-30

كيفية الاقتباس

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