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Fuel Consumption Analysis for Canadian In Situ Oil Sands Extraction

2021
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A better understanding of fuel use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from Canadian oil sands (bitumen) extraction can help to meet the global carbon budget and design effective climate policies. To date, no studies have published actual fuel use data, analyzed drivers for the decline of emission intensities (EIs) from in situ oil sands extraction, and evaluated the effectiveness of the cap and trade system in Alberta that aims to control GHG emissions for the world’s fourth largest oil production region. This study retrieved operating fuel use data from a public database⁠—Petrinex—that contains more than 35 million records for 18 in situ oil sands extraction schemes. From 2015 to 2019, the weighted average of fuel use was 0.23 103m3/m3 undiluted bitumen. The weighted averages of fuel use for the schemes using Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) were 0.20 103m3 fuel/m3 of undiluted bitumen and 0.34 103m3 fuel /m3 of undiluted bitumen, ...

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