Carbon, Gas, Oil-Sands and Transportation

Oil sands GHG lifecycle study using operating data finds lower emitting oil sands cases outperform higher emitting conventional crude cases; a call for more sophisticated tools and reporting

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JULY 7, 2012

Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Oil Gas-Electric Emissions

Shell to proceed with Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the oil sands

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Shell will proceed with the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada. billion Quest project will be built on behalf of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project joint venture owners (Shell, Chevron and Marathon Oil) and with support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta.

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Oil-Sands Oil Carbon Chevron

Imperial to construct major renewable diesel complex at Strathcoma refinery in Alberta

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AUGUST 26, 2021

The project is expected to realize about 3 million tonnes per year in emissions reductions in the Canadian transportation sector. Renewable diesel production will source blue hydrogen (hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture and storage) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional hydrogen production.

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Renewable Diesel Oil-Sands Canada

Researchers propose framework for CCS infrastructure optimization to reduce GHG emissions from oil sands extraction and processing

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JANUARY 28, 2013

The width of the pipeline network (green lines) is proportional to CO 2 flow; the largest CO 2 flow is approximately 36 MtCO 2 / yr for the $155/tCO 2 scenario (pipeline leaving the Athabasca oil sands area). This reduces the relative importance of transport costs compared to nonintegrated transport systems.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Tax

New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. Earlier post.).

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate

U. Calgary analysis of energy balances and emissions of SAGD oil sands production finds need for improved processes; some operations not thermally efficient or net generators of energy

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

Plot of cumulative steam-to-oil ratio (cSOR) vs. ratio of energy produced in form of chemical energy contained in bitumen if combusted to energy injected in form of steam (75% efficient steam generation). One of the key challenges in producing bitumen and heavy oil is their high, variable viscosity. From Gates and Larter (2013).

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Oil-Sands Oil Energy Emissions

Understanding the variability of GHG life cycle studies of oil sands production

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JANUARY 6, 2012

In a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , Stanford University assistant professor Adam Brandt reviews a number of recent life cycle assessment (LCA) studies calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil sands extraction, upgrading, and refining pathways—the results of which vary considerably.

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Oil-Sands Oil Production Emissions

Canada and Alberta to Invest C$865M in Athabasca Oil Sands Carbon Capture and Storage Project

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

The provincial government of Alberta and the federal government of Canada will invest C$865 million (US$822 million) in a large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Athabasca oil sands. Quest is a fully integrated CCS scheme, meaning it would capture, transport, inject and store CO 2.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Carbon

Suncor and ATCO partner on potential world-scale hydrogen project in Alberta

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MAY 17, 2021

Suncor’s operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading, offshore oil and gas, and petroleum refining in Canada and the US. In addition, approximately 20% of the output could be used in the Alberta natural gas distribution system, also further reducing emissions. blue hydrogen”).

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Hydrogen Oil-Sands Canada Gas-Electric

Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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APRIL 22, 2018

Following a 2017 report that identified potential products that could be made from Alberta oil sands bitumen, this new study identifies the top potential uses to help Alberta diversify its economy outside of conventional fuels and chemical feedstocks. Asphalt and asphalt transportability. fly ash and coke).

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Oil-Sands BBC Carbon Fiber Oil

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Examples of emerging oil sands related technologies and trade-offs. The paper is an examination of how various choices about the scale of the life cycle analysis applied to oil sands (i.e., The source material is neither oil nor tar but bitumen, but is most generally described as an example of ultraheavy oil.”.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Coal

Sustainable Development Canada Awards C$6M to Project to Reduce Water and Energy Consumption for Oil Sands Processing; Three Other Projects Supported to Reduce Energy and Environmental Impact of Oil Sands

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

million) to the Petroleum Technology Research Centre ( PTRC ) in Regina, Saskatchewan and StatoilHydro Canada for a project to reduce water use and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for in situ oil sands recovery by steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). Burning natural gas produces CO 2 emissions.

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Oil-Sands Oil Water Canada

EIA projects world energy use to increase 53% by 2035; oil sands/bitumen and biofuels account for 70% of the increase in unconventional liquid fuels

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The transportation sector accounted for 27% of total world delivered energy consumption in 2008, and transportation energy use increases by 1.4% World oil prices remain high in the IEO2011 Reference case, but oil consumption continues to grow; both conventional and unconventional liquid supplies are used to meet rising demand.

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Oil-Sands Oil 2008 Oil Prices

US State Department Issues Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline for Oil Sands Crude Delivery to US

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The US State Department has issued a Presidential Permit to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to enable construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline for the transport of crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to US refineries. Earlier post.). The RFA “They Said What?”

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Oil-Sands Oil Wisconsin United States

CFR Report Says Energy Security and Climate Change Concerns With Oil Sands Can be Reconciled

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MAY 24, 2009

Oil sands supply chain. A new report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)— The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs Climate Change — claims that prudent greenhouse gas regulations can limit emissions from Canadian oil sands while still enabling robust development of the energy resource.

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Oil-Sands Climate Change Oil Climate

Two Lifecycle Studies Find Greater Range in GHG Emissions from both Conventional and Oil Sands Derived Crude Than Previously Shown; Oils Sands Emissions Comparable to Conventional Oil Production in Some Cases

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JULY 24, 2009

Two new lifecycle studies have found that direct greenhouse emissions from producing, transporting and refining oil-sands derived crude, while greater on average than those from conventional crudes, can also overlap the conventional crude range, depending upon a number of factors.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Range

Alberta moving ahead with major new oilsands refinery with carbon capture

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The Alberta government has successfully negotiated contracts for two projects that will advance the upgrading and refining of oil sands bitumen to diesel fuel. have agreed to terms and conditions specific to the first major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the province. —Premier Ed Stelmach.

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Oil-Sands Carbon Oil 2009

Study concludes transport regulations should focus on energy-intensity-based fuel standards along with regulation of upstream carbon-intensity; decomposing transport GHG emissions into 3 factors

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APRIL 11, 2011

Decomposition of greenhouse gas emission in transportation (A), relevant actors (B), and corresponding policy instruments (C). volume and GHG-based fuel standards) to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from on-road transportation need to evolve towards energy-intensity-based fuel standards (e.g.,

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Transportation Emissions Carbon Standards

Ecofys report concludes current European regulations underestimating GHG reductions

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The study was commissioned by the European Oilseed Alliance (EOA), the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) and the European Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry (FEDIOL). Even for conventional oil production fields, because larger existing fields get depleted, the extraction efforts increase while smaller fields are taken in operation.

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Oil-Sands Oil 2014 Fuel

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

Climate Change

Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% to 9.3%) from a 2010 baseline, depending upon the supply scenario.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions CO2

State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Source: FEIS, Appendix V. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Oklahoma

Governments of Canada & Québec award $76.5M to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy for renewable fuel oil from forest residues w/ Ensyn RTP

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JULY 14, 2016

for the production of renewable fuel oil (RFO) from forest residues. million gallons US) of renewable fuel oil per year. When upgraded into transportation fuels, this will remove up to 70,000 tonnes of CO 2 -equivalent emissions per year. Production of renewable fuel oil is set to begin in 2017.

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Canada Oil-Sands Oil Renewable

ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

ExxonMobil projects that meeting future energy demand will be supported by more efficient energy-saving practices and technologies; increased use of less-carbon-intensive fuels such as natural gas, nuclear and renewables; as well as the continued development of technology advances to develop new energy sources. Transportation.

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Oil-Sands Energy Hybrid Sale

Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

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APRIL 10, 2013

An innovative oil-upgrading technology that can increase the economics of unconventional petroleum resources has been developed under a US Department of Energy-funded project. In the case of oil sands bitumen, the API gravity is increased from 8 API to more than 20 API, eliminating the need for diluent for pipeline transportation.

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Sodium Oil-Sands Oil Molten Salt

Federal Judge rules California Low Carbon Fuel Standard violates Commerce Clause of US Constitution

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

O’Neill, Eastern District of California, ruled on Thursday that the State of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program is in violation of the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution and issued an injunction prohibiting its enforcement. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). These changes streamline the program.

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California Carbon Standards Fuel

Argonne releases latest updates to GREET life-cycle analysis models

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

GREET (The Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation Model) is a full life-cycle model used to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of new transportation fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. Shale oil: developed energy and GHG emissions intensities of U.S.

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Oil-Sands Li-ion Fuel Economy Waste

New petroleum refining lifecycle model finds the variability in GHG emissions from refining different crudes as significant as magnitude expected in upstream operations

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

Comparison of GHGenius, JACOBS, TIAX, and the new PRELIM gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) estimates using base case estimates and variations from the scenario analysis. These major capital investment decisions will impact the carbon footprint of the refining industry for decades to come. Credit: ACS, Abella and Bergerson.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Hydrogen

Canada awards C$10M to N-Solv to demonstrate solvent-based in-situ bitumen extraction technology; targeting 85% reduction in GHG compared to SAGD with no consumption of process water

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JULY 29, 2011

to support the demonstration of its Bitumen Extraction Solvent Technology (BEST), a low-temperature, primary, in-situ technology to produce the bitumen in oil sands reserves using a pure, condensing solvent. Other members of the consortium are oil sands producer Suncor Energy Inc. Canada is awarding C$10M (US$10.5

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Oil-Sands Canada Water Oil

12 Environmental Organizations Urge Closing of Potential Tar Sands Loophole in EU Draft Fuel Quality Directive

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APRIL 26, 2010

Article 7a of the directive says lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from transport fuels must be reduced by 6% by 2020, a move environmental NGOs welcomed when it was agreed upon two years ago. Fuels produced from highly greenhouse-gas-intensive tar sands would thus be treated the same as less damaging sources of oil.

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Oil-Sands Fuel Canada Sierra

Ensyn receives EPA regulatory approval for its cellulosic renewable diesel RFDiesel

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

RFDiesel, a drop-in diesel transportation fuel, is created by processing Ensyn’s renewable crude (RFO), a liquid cellulosic feedstock, with customary petroleum feedstocks in conventional petroleum refineries (RFO Coprocessing). There, Ensyn’s RFO is used as a feedstock in Fluid Catalytic Crackers (FCCs).

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Renewable Diesel Oil-Sands EPA

Ensyn granted EPA Part 79 approval for renewable gasoline

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

RFGasoline, a drop-in gasoline transportation fuel, is created by processing Ensyn’s renewable crude (RFO), a liquid cellulosic feedstock for refiners, with customary petroleum feedstocks in conventional petroleum refineries (RFO Coprocessing). Earlier post.).

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Gasoline Renewable Grant Parts

New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

XPRIZE Chairman and CEO Peter Diamandis competition the $20-million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE , a competition to address CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels. Carbon is a unique challenge in that as we move toward a low to zero-emission future, we’ll need to continue using fossil fuels to meet current energy demands.

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Conversion CO2 Production Oil-Sands

Joint Review Panel Gives Go-Ahead to Mackenzie Gas Project in Canada

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JANUARY 4, 2010

The parties proposing to develop the Mackenzie Gas Project are: Imperial Oil Resources Limited (IORL); Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (IORVL); Shell Canada Limited as managing partner of Shell Canada Energy; ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited and ConocoPhillips Northern Partnership; ExxonMobil Canada Properties; and.

Canada

Canada Gas Oil-Sands Climate Change

ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

ExxonMobil’s Outlook for Energy projects that carbon-based fuels will continue to meet about three quarters of global energy needs through 2040—a finding consistent with many projections, including those made by the International Energy Agency. Half of that increase will come from the Asia Pacific region, led by China.

Energy

Energy Global 2010 Oil-Sands

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

Oil

Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation

Group of Scientists and Economists Urge Inclusion of Indirect Land Use Change Effects for Biofuels and All Transportation Fuels in California LCFS

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APRIL 21, 2009

More than 170 scientists and economists have sent a letter to California Air Resources Board (ARB) Chairman Mary Nichols urging the board to account for greenhouse gas emissions from indirect land use change for biofuels and all other transportation fuels under the state’s proposed low carbon fuel standard (LCFS).

Transportation

Transportation California Fuel Oil-Sands

Smith School lifecycle study highlights importance for algae-derived biodiesel of co-product utilization and optimizing and decarbonizing every step of the supply chain

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AUGUST 17, 2011

However, biodiesel from advanced biomass has an inherent environmental advantage of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction that can be realized once every step of the production chain is fully optimized and decarbonized, the researchers said. Currently, algae-derived-biodiesel is up to 2.5 tons/ha/year). They noted that an EBR of 1.2

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Oil-Sands Production Grid Saudi Arabia

Refiners and Truckers Associations Challenge California LCFS in Federal Court

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. By regulating the fuel pathway of transportation fuels—i.e., By regulating the fuel pathway of transportation fuels—i.e.,

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California Oil-Sands Oil 2005

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

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JANUARY 19, 2011

However, both cases result in global CO 2 emissions well above the IEA 450 scenario—a back-cast which illustrates what is required to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 ppm. OECD oil demand peaked in 2005 and in 2030 is projected to be roughly back at its level in 1990. In contrast, OECD growth averages 0.3%

Energy

Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands

IHS CERA meta-analysis finds lifecycle GHG emissions for fuel produced solely from oil sands crude average 11% higher than from average crude refined in the US; high variability

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Average values for WTW GHG emissions for oil sands and other crudes, tight boundary. When the oil sands products refined in the United States are considered—a mixture of oil sands and lower-carbon blending components—the GHG emissions are, on average, 9% higher than the average crude processed in the US.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions United States

Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

The combined company will be the largest owner and operator of natural gas pipelines and storage assets in North America with approximately 67,000 miles of natural gas transportation pipelines. Largest independent transporter of petroleum products in the United States, transporting approximately 1.9

El Paso

El Paso North America Gas Purchase

MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The five different fuel groups were those derived: from conventional petroleum; from unconventional petroleum; synthetically from natural gas, coal, or combinations of coal and biomass via the FT process; renewable oils; and alcohols. million bpd. Reduced GHG impact.

MIT

MIT Oil-Sands Commercial Available

Stealth Ventures Ltd. and Clean Coal Ltd. Partner on Underground Coal Gasification Project in Nova Scotia

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Stealth currently holds 100% of the coalbed methane rights of a 177,000 acre property in the Cumberland Basin which represents a gas resource play in Nova Scotia estimated by Sproule Associates Limited to contain net 1.183 TCF (Trillion Cubic Feet) of Discovered Coalbed Methane Resource. Stealth Ventures Ltd. Clean Coal Ltd.

Coal

Coal Clean Cleaning United Kingdom

Oil sands GHG lifecycle study using operating data finds lower emitting oil sands cases outperform higher emitting conventional crude cases; a call for more sophisticated tools and reporting

Shell to proceed with Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the oil sands

Imperial to construct major renewable diesel complex at Strathcoma refinery in Alberta

Researchers propose framework for CCS infrastructure optimization to reduce GHG emissions from oil sands extraction and processing

New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

U. Calgary analysis of energy balances and emissions of SAGD oil sands production finds need for improved processes; some operations not thermally efficient or net generators of energy

Understanding the variability of GHG life cycle studies of oil sands production

Canada and Alberta to Invest C$865M in Athabasca Oil Sands Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Suncor and ATCO partner on potential world-scale hydrogen project in Alberta

Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

Sustainable Development Canada Awards C$6M to Project to Reduce Water and Energy Consumption for Oil Sands Processing; Three Other Projects Supported to Reduce Energy and Environmental Impact of Oil Sands

EIA projects world energy use to increase 53% by 2035; oil sands/bitumen and biofuels account for 70% of the increase in unconventional liquid fuels

US State Department Issues Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline for Oil Sands Crude Delivery to US

CFR Report Says Energy Security and Climate Change Concerns With Oil Sands Can be Reconciled

Two Lifecycle Studies Find Greater Range in GHG Emissions from both Conventional and Oil Sands Derived Crude Than Previously Shown; Oils Sands Emissions Comparable to Conventional Oil Production in Some Cases

Alberta moving ahead with major new oilsands refinery with carbon capture

Study concludes transport regulations should focus on energy-intensity-based fuel standards along with regulation of upstream carbon-intensity; decomposing transport GHG emissions into 3 factors

Ecofys report concludes current European regulations underestimating GHG reductions

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

Governments of Canada & Québec award $76.5M to AE Côte-Nord Canada Bioenergy for renewable fuel oil from forest residues w/ Ensyn RTP

ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

Federal Judge rules California Low Carbon Fuel Standard violates Commerce Clause of US Constitution

Argonne releases latest updates to GREET life-cycle analysis models

New petroleum refining lifecycle model finds the variability in GHG emissions from refining different crudes as significant as magnitude expected in upstream operations

Canada awards C$10M to N-Solv to demonstrate solvent-based in-situ bitumen extraction technology; targeting 85% reduction in GHG compared to SAGD with no consumption of process water

12 Environmental Organizations Urge Closing of Potential Tar Sands Loophole in EU Draft Fuel Quality Directive

Ensyn receives EPA regulatory approval for its cellulosic renewable diesel RFDiesel

Ensyn granted EPA Part 79 approval for renewable gasoline

New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

Joint Review Panel Gives Go-Ahead to Mackenzie Gas Project in Canada

ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

Group of Scientists and Economists Urge Inclusion of Indirect Land Use Change Effects for Biofuels and All Transportation Fuels in California LCFS

Smith School lifecycle study highlights importance for algae-derived biodiesel of co-product utilization and optimizing and decarbonizing every step of the supply chain

Refiners and Truckers Associations Challenge California LCFS in Federal Court

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

IHS CERA meta-analysis finds lifecycle GHG emissions for fuel produced solely from oil sands crude average 11% higher than from average crude refined in the US; high variability

Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade

Stealth Ventures Ltd. and Clean Coal Ltd. Partner on Underground Coal Gasification Project in Nova Scotia

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