Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands-derived transportation fuels

Energy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 544-554

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen; GHG emissions; LCA; Oil sands; Refining; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXTRACTION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; JET FUEL; LIFE CYCLE; OIL SAND REFINING; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; RECOVERY; REFINING; SAND;

BITUMEN; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; GHG EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; THEORETICAL MODELING; UPGRADING;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BITUMEN; CARBON DIOXIDE; COGENERATION; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY USE; ENGINEERING; EXTRACTION METHOD; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SAND; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; REFINING INDUSTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CANADA;

EID: 84937011718     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.078     Document Type: Article

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