reducing methane emissions is personal for colorado man

Yearous knows that no person can solve the challenge of mitigating methane emissions alone. When he identifies a potential solution, he brings it to a team of similarly dedicated coworkers to help execute.

Recently, he helped identify a new way to prevent methane from escaping into the atmosphere when workers are dealing with wells that contain too much liquid.

The issue: When fluid builds up in a well, it prevents the well from producing. Traditionally, the remedy has involved emptying the well to reestablish flows.

Yearous and his team found a solution involving a compressor that pulls liquids through faster and prevents buildups, eliminating the need for workers to open the well-which would allow methane to be released.

"When we actually get something across the line that keeps those methane molecules in the pipe, that's fantastic," Yearous said. "That's what drives us to a better tomorrow."