Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in upgrading and refining of Canada's oil sands products

Energy

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-79

  Nimana, Balwinder ^a   Canter, Christina ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions; Life cycle assessment; Oil sands; Refining; SCO (synthetic crude oil); Upgrading

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COKING; CRUDE OIL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); GAS EMISSIONS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; OIL SAND REFINING; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; REFINING; SAND;

ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; HYDROCONVERSION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REFINED PRODUCTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SYNTHETIC CRUDE OIL; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; UPGRADING;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

CRUDE OIL; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OIL SAND;

CANADA;

EID: 84926408041     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.01.085     Document Type: Article

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