Rapport d’étude de la Chaire de gestion du secteur de l’énergie – HEC Montréal
Numéro 04 | 2018
Résumé
[En anglais seulement] Canadian refineries achieved impressive results in tackling GHG emissions throughout the last decade, mainly through improvements in energy efficiency and optimization of refinery fuel intake, switching from more GHG intensive heavy oil and fuel gas to “cleaner” natural gas and electricity. However, creeping increase of sourer and heavy oil intake started to weigh on refinery emissions level and led to gradual increase of emissions intensity since 2012. This trend is expected to persist with higher quantities of heavy crude oil entering domestic market in the foreseeable future.
Stricter sulfur content requirements for motor fuels will require additional hydrotreatment processing, leading to higher hydrogen demand and higher emissions from hydrogen production, if hydrogen comes from its traditional source (steam-methane reforming). Each Canadian refinery has a unique set of conditions, defining its levels of emissions: complexity of its configuration, crude diet, access to natural gas, electricity and hydrogen supplies from third parties.
SOKOLOV, D. (2018).« GHG Emissions from Canadian Refineries: An Analysis of Recent Trends », Rapports d’étude de la Chaire de gestion du secteur de l’énergie, HEC Montréal, numéro 04|2018, décembre 2018.
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