Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of current oil sands technologies: GHOST model development and illustrative application

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 9393-9404

  Charpentier, Alex D ^a   Kofoworola, Oyeshola ^a   Bergerson, Joule A ^b   MacLean, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PARAMETER; LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING DATA; POINT ESTIMATE; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; SINGLE EXTRACTION; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL; TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS; THEORETICAL DESIGN;

ASSOCIATED GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; OIL SANDS; SAND; STEAM; TECHNOLOGY;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ASPHALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DILUENT; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CRUDE OIL; DATA SET; DRAINAGE; EMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SAND; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; EXTRACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PETROLEUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 80055092356     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103912m     Document Type: Article

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