Open-source LCA tool for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from crude oil production using field characteristics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5998-6006

  El Houjeiri, Hassan M ^a   Brandt, Adam R ^a   Duffy, James E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION; ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS; MODEL SENSITIVITY; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM PRODUCTION; REGULATORY PROCESS; STEAM INJECTION RATE; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

CRUDE OIL; ESTIMATION; GAS EMISSIONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; WATER INJECTION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PETROLEUM;

CRUDE OIL; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OIL PRODUCTION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ESTIMATOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM;

EID: 84878657850     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304570m     Document Type: Article

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