Potential solar energy use in the global petroleum sector

Energy

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 884-892

  Wang, Jingfan ^a,b   O'Donnell, John ^c   Brandt, Adam R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c GlassPoint Solar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas; LCA; Oil and gas; Petroleum; Solar PV; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; OIL FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

DOWNSTREAM OPERATION; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; OIL AND GAS; PETROLEUM SECTORS; SOLAR PVS; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL CAPACITY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

CRUDE OIL; ENERGY USE; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; THERMAL POWER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CENTRAL ASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 85006091222     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.10.107     Document Type: Article

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