Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 10:04
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Energy
| IPCC: |
1A1b - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Petroleum Refining |
| Sector: |
Industrial : Petroleum Refining |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Associated gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
655,477 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (655,477 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission] |
| Reference: |
Murtishaw, S., De La Rue du Can, S,. Price, L., Masanet, E., and Simcich, M. (2005). CALEB: California Energy Balance Database, September 12, 2005. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. |
● Activity level used in calculations —
| Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 12,454,194,856 scf of Associated gas |
| Basis: |
Data |
| Reference: |
Gough, A. (2007). Personal communication (data from the CEC's Quarterly Fuels and Energy Report) between Larry Hunsaker of the CA Air Resources Board and Andrea Gough of the California Energy Commission. Summer 2007. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0651 g / btu |
| Reference: |
Wang, D. M. (2007). Personal communication between Larry Hunsaker, CA Air Resources Board and Michael D. Wang, Senior Advisor, Western States Petroleum Association. Summer 2007. |
| Parameter: |
Heat content = 808 btu / scf |
| Reference: |
Wang, D. M. (2007). Personal communication between Larry Hunsaker, CA Air Resources Board and Michael D. Wang, Senior Advisor, Western States Petroleum Association. Summer 2007. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
| Amount: |
52.6 g of CO2 per scf of Associated gas |