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 - Residual fuel oil
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2000 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
1,807 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (1,807 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 —
Activity: |
Fuel combustion = 160,440 gal of Residual fuel oil |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
Schremp, G. (2008). Data request (data from the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act [PIIRA] M-13 Survey Form) between CARB and Gordon Schremp of the California Energy Commission. Summer 2008. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
11,265 g (i.e. 11.27 kg) of CO2 per gal of Residual fuel oil |