Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A1b - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Petroleum Refining |
Sector: |
Industrial : Petroleum Refining and Hydrogen Production |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Refinery gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2004 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
10,874,096 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (10,874,096 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel CO2 emission] |
Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T., and Tanabe K. (eds). Volume 2, Chapter 2: Stationary Combustion. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/2_Volume2/V2_2_Ch2_Stationary_Combustion.pdf |
● Activity level used in calculations —
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
81.9 g of CO2 per scf of Refinery gas |