> double the amount of the gas than in New Mexico, per unit of production, since 2019.
when we look at data at scale, we use p99 metrics to get more insight into the average. because this article, i'm assuming, is just using average, the metric here does not have enough information. There could be just one incident in texas over 4 year period that affects the average per unit of production.
> Despite increasing its own oil production in recent years, New Mexico has no site with repeated methane leaks, unlike in Texas,
Why not deep dive into root cause of a few of these abusers? Blameless post mortem to assess what must be changed with very specific examples of issues.
Are we wrong to request a higher bar for journalism / research from Kayrros?
It isn't measuring the whole state, this is comparing per unit.