Reproducibility of LCA models of crude oil production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12978-12985

  Vafi, Kourosh ^a   Brandt, Adam R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT MODEL; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; OPEN-SOURCE MODEL; REFERENCE MODELING; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

LIFE CYCLE;

PETROLEUM;

BIOENGINEERING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PRODUCTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ESTIMATOR; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR; WELL TO REFINERY INLET GATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84908565726     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501847p     Document Type: Article

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