Measured air samples put Canadian oil sand emissions at higher levels than industry-calculated values made using the internationally recommended methods for estimating the emissions
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John Liggio, Shao-Meng Li, Ralf M. Staebler, Katherine Hayden, Andrea Darlington, Richard L. Mittermeier, Jason O'Brien, Robert McLaren, Mengistu Wolde, Doug Worthy, Felix Vogel
Here's a pop science take. Their title: CO2-sniffing plane finds oil sands emissions higher than industry reported: Environment Canada researchers air samples tell a different story than industry...
CO2-sniffing plane finds oil sands emissions higher than industry reported: Environment Canada researchers air samples tell a different story than industry calculations
Essentially, oil sand production is even dirtier than previously thought it seems.
Could that change regulations or licensing schemes for this type of production?
If we're talking about oil sand production, I'd agree the EU-regulated area doesn't produce appreciable amounts of oil. If we're talking all oil production though, Norway (not EU, but EEA and so...
If we're talking about oil sand production, I'd agree the EU-regulated area doesn't produce appreciable amounts of oil.
If we're talking all oil production though, Norway (not EU, but EEA and so EU-regulated) and the UK alone produce something like 2.5 million barrels a day. I think Canada is something like 3.5 million barrels a day?
I remember reading this paper from last year on the actual emissions of global oil production. Their research covers something like 98 percent of the world's production per 2015.
Conclusion: Algeria (1), Venezuela, Cameroon, Canada and Iran are the five dirtiest oil-producing countries in the world, respectively. (figure 1)
In a world where we can't extract all oil, because there's a global surplus, and if we extract it all global climate goes to hell, we should stop producing the most polluting oil to extract.
In 2015, that would mean cutting out the dirtiest oil production. Canadian oil fields are some of the very first that shouldn't be extracted due to emissions (figure 2).
Have things really changed that much since 2015? If so, awesome!
Here's a pop science take. Their title:
Essentially, oil sand production is even dirtier than previously thought it seems.
Could that change regulations or licensing schemes for this type of production?
If we're talking about oil sand production, I'd agree the EU-regulated area doesn't produce appreciable amounts of oil.
If we're talking all oil production though, Norway (not EU, but EEA and so EU-regulated) and the UK alone produce something like 2.5 million barrels a day. I think Canada is something like 3.5 million barrels a day?
I remember reading this paper from last year on the actual emissions of global oil production. Their research covers something like 98 percent of the world's production per 2015.
Here's a pdf
Conclusion: Algeria (1), Venezuela, Cameroon, Canada and Iran are the five dirtiest oil-producing countries in the world, respectively. (figure 1)
In a world where we can't extract all oil, because there's a global surplus, and if we extract it all global climate goes to hell, we should stop producing the most polluting oil to extract.
In 2015, that would mean cutting out the dirtiest oil production. Canadian oil fields are some of the very first that shouldn't be extracted due to emissions (figure 2).
Have things really changed that much since 2015? If so, awesome!