Canadian Oil Sands: Life-Cycle Assessments of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Lattanzio, Richard K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Energy policy;    Gasoline;    Oil fields;    Greenhouse gases;    Air pollution;   

RP-ID  :  R42537
RP-ID  :  R42537_2012Jun18

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses basic methodology of life-cycle assessments and compares several publicly-available assessments of life-cycle emissions data for Canadian oil sands crudes against each other and against those of other global reference crudes.It also includes a survey of the scientific literature and the findings of the State Department's Keystone XL Project Envoronmental Impact Statement, and concludes with a discussion of tools for policymakers who are interested in using the assessments to investigate the potential impacts of U.S. energy policy choices onthe environment.