Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Energy
IPCC: |
1A1cii - Fuel Combustion Activities - Energy Industries - Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries - Other Energy Industries |
Sector: |
Industrial : Oil & Gas: Production & Processing |
♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Associated gas
♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )
► Year 2014 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
5.31 tonnes of N2O Emitted (1,581 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Fuel combustion] * [Heat content] * [Fuel N2O 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 = 65,660,017,000 scf of Associated gas |
Basis: |
Data |
Reference: |
DOGGR (2021). Data request between CARB and Staff of the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources. March 2021 http://www.conservation.ca.gov/DOG/Pages/Index.aspx |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Heat content = 808 btu / scf |
Reference: |
Wang, D. M. (2007). Data request between CARB and Michael D. Wang, Senior Advisor, Western States Petroleum Association. Summer 2007. |
Parameter: |
N2O emission factor = 1.000E-07 g / btu |
Reference: |
CARB Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Regulation. Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 98 (§§98.30 to 98.38). Available online at: https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/regulation/subpart_c_rule_part98.pdf |
Constant: |
Global warming potential of N2O = 298 |
Reference: |
IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Solomon S., Qin D., Manning M., Chen Z., Marquis M., Averyt K.B., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (eds.). http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
Amount: |
8.080E-05 g of N2O per scf of Associated gas 0.0241 g of CO2eq. per scf of Associated gas |