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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A1cii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries - Other Energy Industries
Sector: Industrial : Oil & Gas Extraction

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Crude oil

♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )

► Year 1990 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 2,491,453 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (2,491,453 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 = 242,203,920 gal of Crude oil
Basis: Data
Reference: Campion, J. (2007). Personal communication between Larry Hunsaker of CA Air Resources Board and Jim Campion of the CA Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources. Summer 2007. http://www.conservation.ca.gov/DOG/Pages/Index.aspx

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Fuel CO2 emission = 0.0745 g / btu
Reference: USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. Annex 2.1 (Tables A-31, A-32, A-35, and A-36). April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html
Parameter: Heat content = 138,095 btu / gal
Reference: USEPA (2007). Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005. United States Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-07-002. Annex 2.1 (Tables A-31, A-32, A-35, and A-36). April 15, 2007. Washington DC. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usgginv_archive.html

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —

Amount: 10,287 g (i.e. 10.29 kg) of CO2 per gal of Crude oil