Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods
Evaluating GHG emissions reported to inventories for the oil and gas (O&G) sector is important for countries with resource-based economies. Here the authors provide a top-down assessment of GHG emissions from the Canadian oil sands and find previous inventory reports underestimate emissions, by...
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| author | John Liggio Shao-Meng Li Ralf M. Staebler Katherine Hayden Andrea Darlington Richard L. Mittermeier Jason O’Brien Robert McLaren Mengistu Wolde Doug Worthy Felix Vogel |
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| description | Evaluating GHG emissions reported to inventories for the oil and gas (O&G) sector is important for countries with resource-based economies. Here the authors provide a top-down assessment of GHG emissions from the Canadian oil sands and find previous inventory reports underestimate emissions, by as much as 64% for surface mining facilities and 30% for the entire oil sands compared with their assessment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36c1a636f9b34475a18e288dd7bf582b2022-12-21T20:36:00ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-04-011011910.1038/s41467-019-09714-9Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methodsJohn Liggio0Shao-Meng Li1Ralf M. Staebler2Katherine Hayden3Andrea Darlington4Richard L. Mittermeier5Jason O’Brien6Robert McLaren7Mengistu Wolde8Doug Worthy9Felix Vogel10Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAir Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAir Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAir Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAir Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAir Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaAir Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaCentre for Atmospheric Chemistry, York UniversityFlight Research Laboratory, National Research Council CanadaClimate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaClimate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaEvaluating GHG emissions reported to inventories for the oil and gas (O&G) sector is important for countries with resource-based economies. Here the authors provide a top-down assessment of GHG emissions from the Canadian oil sands and find previous inventory reports underestimate emissions, by as much as 64% for surface mining facilities and 30% for the entire oil sands compared with their assessment.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09714-9 |
| spellingShingle | John Liggio Shao-Meng Li Ralf M. Staebler Katherine Hayden Andrea Darlington Richard L. Mittermeier Jason O’Brien Robert McLaren Mengistu Wolde Doug Worthy Felix Vogel Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods Nature Communications |
| title | Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods |
| title_full | Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods |
| title_fullStr | Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods |
| title_short | Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods |
| title_sort | measured canadian oil sands co2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09714-9 |
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