With growing worldwide consensus about the impacts of climate change, the oil and gas industry faces unprecedented pressure to minimize its carbon footprint. The biggest source of carbon emissions in the industry is the so-called fugitive emissions,…
With growing worldwide consensus about the impacts of climate change, the oil and gas industry faces unprecedented pressure to minimize its carbon footprint. The biggest source of carbon emissions in the industry is the so-called fugitive emissions,…
With growing worldwide consensus about the impacts of climate change, the oil and gas industry faces unprecedented pressure to minimize its carbon footprint. The biggest source of carbon emissions in the industry is the so-called fugitive emissions,…
Global methane emissions from the fossil fuel industries have been poorly quantified and, in many cases, emissions are not well-known even at the country level. Historically, methane emissions from the U.S. gas industry have been based on sparse…
Climate change mainly caused by transportation fuel consumption has attracted global concern. In life cycle environmental burdens generated from transportation fuel production, petroleum refining stage is the hotspot. However, the in-depth…
Because of climate change, power outages caused by severe weather are on the rise. Several researchers and policymakers have been involved in characterizing energy resilience and reliability to highlight the findings and incorporate them into future…
In recent years, the Chilean energy sector has gone through a significant transformation. Chile ratified the Paris Agreement in 2017 and committed to develop policies to face climate change and to transition to a more sustainable energy system.…
Tariffs imposed by the United States government under Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 have given rise to a broadly protectionist exercise of energy policy discretion by the executive branch of government. How can such actions be…
This paper describes management practices of a model resilient electric utility that can serve as a framework for advancing planning and preparation for extreme weather and climate hazards. The framework focuses on practices grouped into eight…
Extreme weather events and associated damages have been increasing and these trends are expected to continue. Actions are being taken to enhance electricity system resilience. However, the justification for capital investments on resilience requires…
In recent years, the Chilean energy sector has gone through a significant transformation. Chile ratified the Paris Agreement in 2017 and committed to develop policies to face climate change and to transition to a more sustainable energy system.…
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) is critical for stringent climate change mitigation, but is commercially and technologically immature and resource-intensive. In California, state and federal fuel and climate policies can drive…
Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) is critical for stringent climate change mitigation but is commercially and technologically immature and resource intensive. State and federal fuel and climate policies can drive first markets…
Transportation electrification is regarded as one of the most significant opportunities to address the social and environmental challenges posed by mass motorization and rapid urbanization. Electric vehicles (EVs) are playing an essential role in…
Petroleum consumption for road transportation is well-known as the largest source of CO2 emissions. Worldwide, biofuel is becoming more attractive as substitute for crude oil owing to the increasing demand for environmentally friendly energy and its…
We investigate the impact of domestic fuel prices, and other drivers, including population and economic activity on transport CO2 emissions using Saudi Arabia as a case study. We find statistically significant long-run relationships between the…
Oil spills in the subarctic marine environment off the coast of Labrador, Canada, are increasingly likely due to potential oil production and increases in ship traffic in the region. To understand the microbiome response and how nutrient…
Looking to reduce climate change impact and particle emissions, the heavy-duty transport sector is moving towards a growth within technology and infrastructure for use of liquefied natural gas (LNG). This opens an opportunity for the biogas market to…
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is gaining traction as a substitute energy source in the transportation sector. While presented as a promising energy alternative, LNG also faces criticism for being environmentally unsustainable. This debate has sparked…
The demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the global markets has changed significantly. As a result, industries have been forced to consider investing significantly in supply chains to achieve an efficient distribution of LNG for cost efficiency…
Over the coming decades our society has a significant challenge in achieving globally significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Numerous studies show that large-scale geologic disposal of CO2 from industrial emissions will be essential to…
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) will play a critical role in future decarbonisation efforts to meet the Paris Agreement targets and mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Whilst there are many well developed CCUS technologies…
The transition metal carbides/nitrides referred to as MXenes has emerged as a wonder material presenting newer opportunities owing to their unique properties such as high thermal and electrical conductivity, high negative zeta-potential and…
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an essential tool in the fight against climate change. Any prospective storage site must meet various criteria that ensure the effectiveness, safety and economic viability of the storage operations. Finding the…
Underground CO2 storage is a promising technology for mitigating climate change. In this vein, the subsurface condition was inherited a lot of uncertainties that prevent the success of the CO2 storage project. Therefore, this study aims to build the…
The specifics of solid waste storage in permafrost were analyzed. The main types of impact of the waste on the natural environment and frozen soils were determined as mechanical, physicochemical, load, and thermal. The research allowed us to define…
To reduce effects from anthropogenically induced climate change renewable energy systems are being implemented at an accelerated rate, the UKs wind capacity alone is set to more than double by 2030. However, the intermittency associated with these…
Energy consumption from central heating has rapidly increased in the cities of the North China Plain (NCP). The increasing use of natural gas in the central heating supply system may have altered the spatial and temporal patterns of CO2 emissions…
Storage of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) within deep underground aquifers has great potential for long‐term mitigation of climate change. The U.S. Gulf Coast is an attractive target for CO2 storage because of the favorable formation…
Public attention to climate change challenges our lockedin fossil fueldependent energy sector. Natural gas is replacing other fossil fuels in our energy mix. One way to reduce the green-house gas (GHG) impact of fossil natural gas is to replace it…
Natural gas hydrates, crystalline solids whose gas molecules are so compressed that they are denser than a typical fluid hydrocarbon, have extensive applications in the areas of climate change and the energy crisis. The hydrate deposit located in the…
Oil spills in the subarctic marine environment off the coast of Labrador, Canada, are increasingly likely due to potential oil production and increases in ship traffic in the region. To understand the microbiome response and how nutrient…
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the process of natural gas development is an important emission source in the fossil energy system. Research on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas system is still in its infancy in developing countries…
Northern part of the West Siberian petroleum basin attracts much of scientific attention focused on exploration studies. Characteristics of imbricated petroleum systems and relations to giant oil and gas fields are far to be clearly understood. This…
Capture and utilization of industrial CO2 emissions into low-carbon fuels is a promising alternative to store renewable electricity into chemical vectors while decarbonizing the economy. This work evaluates the viability pathways of producing…
Oil and gas are strategic, non-renewable natural resources and are vital commodities. It is explained that upstream business activities are business activities that are cored or rely on exploration and exploitation. While downstream business…
Land subsidence due to groundwater extraction can cause a permanent loss of groundwater storage, and thus mitigating this is crucial for sustainable groundwater management. One challenge in effective mitigation is accurately predicting the effect of…
Climate change imposes risks on assets, systems and operations of enterprises in the electricity sector, whose management of climate risk is becoming increasingly important. This paper proposes a methodological structure to support the…
Incoming Federal Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission regulations in Canada will require a phase-out of coal-fired electricity production within the next decade or so. To illustrate the economic impacts of such shifts in electricity generation, we develop a…
Summary Direct air capture of CO2 is often presented as a promising technology to help mitigate climate change, although proposed processes are highly energy intensive. We analyze Carbon Engineering’s 1 Mt-CO2/year natural-gas-powered direct air…
Capture and utilization of industrial CO2 emissions into low-carbon fuels is a promising alternative to store renewable electricity into chemical vectors while decarbonizing the economy. This work evaluates the viability pathways of producing…
Desulfurization is a technology commonly used by refineries to mitigate the environmental burden caused by toxic gas emissions from hydrocarbon fuels. Expanding global population will increase liquid fuel demand by 20% between 2018 and 2050, with a…
Here we compare the biomass feedstock use, primary energy use, net CO2 emission, and cumulative radiative forcing of passenger cars powered by different energy pathways. We consider the full lifecycle of the vehicles, including manufacture and…
Dynamic modeling of building performance is essential for understanding how current buildings will respond to projected changes in environmental conditions, and how these responses will in turn affect building occupants. Additionally, expected shifts…
Safety-risk management in the hydrocarbon processing industry necessitates the availability of appropriate data and decision-making tools. Operational factors may influence chemical and physical risk occurrences associated with high-hazard plant…
Heating and hot water within buildings account for almost a quarter of global energy consumption. Approximately 90% of this heat is derived directly from the combustion of fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, leading to the unabated emission of…
The risk posed by natural hazards to the technological systems is known as Natech risk. It is different from the more widely known and studied risk posed by such sites to the environment and society. Though currently, available risk assessment…
This chapter surveys the current Australian legislative framework regarding technologies aiming at the mitigation of greenhouse (GHG) emissions. The chapter addresses the Australian energy mix of energy resources, considering the incentives for key…
In a political and social context, where there is a world commitment to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C, deploying technologies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is a central and urgent issue. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and…
When holding a book, the first thing the reader usually attempts to do is to decipher the context and meaning by looking at the first chapter as well as by looking at what comes after this chapter. Therefore this chapter aims to give readers helpful…