Rand Gardner

Project Chief & Supervisory Geologist Central Energy Resources Science Center, The United States Geological Survey/ US Department of the Interior

Rand Gardner grew up in the oil patch with parents who were oil workers. Rand started working as an exploration geologist at BP in 2012, moved to Total S.A. in 2016, and in 2021, took a position at the United States Geological Survey in Denver, where he currently leads a team doing energy assessments and research. He was worked many basins and plays globally and specializes in numerical basin modeling. In 2024, Rand consulted for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Orphaned Well Program Office, analyzing methane measurements from orphaned wells plugged by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds.

Main Conference Day 1: Wednesday, December 4

3:45 PM Methane Emissions from Orphaned Wells in the United States: Quantities, Impacts, and Solutions

The largest orphaned well methane emission measurement database to date has been compiled from thousands of orphaned wells recently plugged with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Orphaned Wells Program Office. Analysis of this dataset reveals a surprising magnitude of methane emissions from orphaned wells and alludes to a substantial impact of these emissions on society and the environment. The Orphaned Wells Program Office will continue to eliminate methane emissions from orphaned wells through grant programs that empower states, tribes, and federal agencies to plug orphaned wells and remediate the land around them.

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