Carbon capture and storage at large upgrading and refining facilities (e.g., the Shell Quest project) could result in significant reductions in oil
sands CI.
Not exact matches
The carbon intensity (
CI) of Alberta oil
sands production has significantly decreased over the last 40 years, according to a new study by a team from Stanford University published... Read more →
Despite these improvements, they noted, the
CI of oil
sands production (on a pathway - average basis) ranges from 12 to 24 % higher than
CI values from conventional oil production.
Further, due to growing output, total emissions from the oil
sands continue to increase despite the reduced
CI; total upstream emissions were roughly 65 MtCO2e, or 9 % of Canada's emissions, in 2010.