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GHG Emissions

27 Mar 2024

Electricity 13% • Conventional oil and natural gas 8% upstream emissions are about Conventional 40% of the total oil and gas Agriculture Bitumen emissions and 11% of Canada’s Total 11%10% total. [...] Oil and Gas • Oil sands are 45% of the total oil 28% Refining & and gas emissions, and 13% of DCisotnrivbeunttioionnal Oil Canada’s total. [...] Natural Gas • In the same time period (2012 0 Transportation and Conventional Oil Oil Sands Refining Natural Gas to 2021), natural gas emissions Distribution Production and fell 22%, while production grew Oil and Gas Source Processing 35%. [...] 0 Upgrading In-Situ Mining and Extraction Conventional Light Oil Conventional Heavy Oil Oil Sub-Sectors Source: National Inventory Report 1990-2021 (scope 1) 13 Mt CO2 Equivalent Oil Sands | Production and Greenhouse Gas Emissions | 2000 to 2021 Total Emissions Production • Emissions from the oil sands 100 4000 have risen since 2000 as the industry has quintupled in size. [...] 0.5 0.0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Source: Government of BC, National Inventory Report 25 Mt CO2 Equivalent Saskatchewan Flaring and Venting Emissions Trends | Oil and Gas | 2015 to 2022 12 • Saskatchewan has a goal of reducing the emissions from venting and flaring in the 10 upstream oil and gas industry by 40 to 45% under 2015 levels by 2025.

Authors

Wingert, Elmien

Pages
36
Published in
Canada