Carbon intensity of global crude oil refining and mitigation potential

Jing, Liang; El-Houjeiri, Hassan M.; Monfort, Jean‐Christophe; Brandt, Adam R.; Masnadi, Mohammad S.; Gordon, Deborah; Bergerson, Joule

doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0775-3

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“…DG Climate reported that its refining footprints are "in line with CONCAWE model used in JEC for conventional crude chains" [22]. The PRELIM consortium [3] reported a footprint range for all refined products of 1.7-12.3 g CO 2 e/MJ.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…According to Masnadi et al [2], production carbon intensities (CIs) have national averages that range from around 3-20 g CO 2 e/MJ, spread around a global average of 10.3, whilst some individual oil fields have CIs as high as 50. Jing et al [3] report national average production CIs ranging from 3.3 g CO 2 e/MJ in Denmark to 29.2 g in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…”

Section: Introduction and Objectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the evaluation of the results, the authors introduced a "hydrogen-based consistency test" and compared the results to those derived from an industry model [10] that uses a marginal approach. Abella & Bergerson examined the differences caused by variations in the crude quality and refinery configuration in Canada [11], and Jing et al did a similar comparison globally, providing carbon intensities for national refinery operations based on the country-specific crude supply and refinery industry data [3]. Sphera, IFP & EUCAR compared the attributional and consequential approaches and results of two refinery models [12].…”

Section: Introduction and Objectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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Modelling Variation in Petroleum Products’ Refining Footprints

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Energy-related greenhouse gas emissions dominate the carbon footprints of most product systems, where petroleum is one of the main types of energy sources. This is consumed as a variety of refined products, most notably diesel, petrol (gasoline) and jet fuel (kerosene). Refined product carbon footprints are of great importance to regulators, policymakers and environmental decision-makers. For instance, they are at the heart of current legislation, such as the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive or the United States’ Renewable Fuels Standard. This study identified 14 datasets that report footprints for the same system, namely, petroleum refinery operations in Europe. For the main refined products, i.e., diesel, petrol and jet fuel, footprints vary by at least a factor of three. For minor products, the variation is even greater. Five different organs of the European Commission have estimated the refining footprints, where for the main products, these are relatively harmonic; for minor products, much less so. The observed variation in carbon footprints is due mainly to differing approaches to refinery modelling, especially regarding the rationale and methods applied to assign shares of the total burden from the petroleum refinery operation to the individual products. Given the economic/social importance of refined products, a better harmony regarding their footprints would be valuable to their users.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Introduction and Objectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introduction and Objectivementioning

confidence: 99%

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Modelling Variation in Petroleum Products’ Refining Footprints

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Vadenbo

2020

Sustainability

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“…DG Climate reports that its refining footprints are "in line with CONCAWE model used in JEC for conventional crude chains" (DG Climate et al, 2020, p 294). The PRELIM consortium (Jing et al, 2020) reports a footprint range for all refined products of 1.7-12.3 g CO2e/MJ.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to (Masnadi et al, 2018), production carbon intensities (CIs) have national averages that range from around 3-20 g CO2e/MJ, spread around a global average of 10.3, whilst some individual oil fields have CIs as high as 50. (Jing et al, 2020) report national-average production CIs ranging from 3.3 g CO2e/MJ in Denmark to 29.2 g in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This variation in production has been recognised by regulators in the recent revisions of the European Union's Fuel Quality Directive (DG Energy European Commission, Exergia, E3M Lab, & COWI, 2015) (Malins, Galarza, Baral, Brandt, El-Houjeiri, et al, 2014) .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modelling Variation in Petroleum Products’ Refining Footprints

Johnson¹,

Vadenbo²

2020

Preprint

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Energy-related greenhouse gas emissions dominate the carbon footprints of most product systems, and petroleum is one of the main types of energy sources. This is consumed as a variety of refined products – most notably diesel, petrol (gasoline) and jet fuel (kerosene). Refined product carbon footprints are of great importance to regulators, policymakers and environmental decision-makers. For instance, they are at the heart of legislation such as the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive or the United States’ Renewable Fuels Standard. This study identified 14 datasets that report footprints for the same system, European petroleum refining. For the main refined products – diesel, petrol and jet fuel – footprints vary by at least a factor of three. For minor products, the variation is even greater. Five different organs of the European Commission have estimated refining footprints: for main products these are relatively harmonic; for minor products much less so. The footprint variation is due mainly to differing approaches to refinery modelling, especially regarding the rationale and methods applied to assign shares of the total burden from the petroleum refinery operation to the individual products. Given the economic/social importance of refined products, a better harmony of their footprints would be valuable to their users.

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Industrial Arene Chemistry

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Carbon intensity of global crude oil refining and mitigation potential

Cited by 95 publications

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Modelling Variation in Petroleum Products’ Refining Footprints

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