eprintid: 10136973
rev_number: 20
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2021-10-26 12:36:45
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status_changed: 2021-10-26 12:36:45
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Lei, T
creators_name: Guan, D
creators_name: Shan, Y
creators_name: Zheng, B
creators_name: Liang, X
creators_name: Meng, J
creators_name: Zhang, Q
creators_name: Tao, S
title: Adaptive CO2 emissions mitigation strategies of global oil refineries in all age groups
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F37
keywords: CO2 emission; soil refinery; climate change; oil refining; petroleum industry; carbon reduction
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abstract: Continuous expansion of fossil fuel-based energy infrastructure can be one of the key obstacles in delivering the Paris Agreement goals. The oil refinery is the world's third-largest stationary emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs), but the historical mapping of the regional-specific refining industry, their CO2 emission patterns, and mitigation potentials remain understudied. This study develops a plant-level, technical-specific, and time-series global refinery CO2 emission inventory, covering 1,056 refineries from 2000 to 2018. The CO2 emissions of the refinery industry were about 1.3 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018, representing 4% of the total. If current technical specifications continue, the global refineries will cumulatively emit 16.5 Gt of CO2 during 2020–2030. The refineries vary in operation age, refining configuration structure, and geographical location, leading to the demand for specific mitigation strategies, such as improving refinery efficiency and upgrading heavy oil processing technologies, which could potentially reduce global cumulative emissions by 10% during 2020–2030.
date: 2021-08-20
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.07.009
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1884874
doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.07.009
lyricists_name: Guan, Dabo
lyricists_id: DGUAN87
actors_name: Barczynska, Patrycja
actors_id: PBARC91
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: One Earth
volume: 4
number: 8
pagerange: 1114-1126
citation:        Lei, T;    Guan, D;    Shan, Y;    Zheng, B;    Liang, X;    Meng, J;    Zhang, Q;           Lei, T;  Guan, D;  Shan, Y;  Zheng, B;  Liang, X;  Meng, J;  Zhang, Q;  Tao, S;   - view fewer <#>    (2021)    Adaptive CO2 emissions mitigation strategies of global oil refineries in all age groups.                   One Earth , 4  (8)   pp. 1114-1126.    10.1016/j.oneear.2021.07.009 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.07.009>.       Green open access   
 
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