{"id":26936,"date":"2017-10-17T06:46:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26936"},"modified":"2017-10-17T06:46:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:46:38","slug":"the-real-ghg-trend-oilsands-among-the-most-carbon-intensive-crudes-in-north-americaoilsands-at-50-series-the-real-cost-of-development-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26936","title":{"rendered":"The Real GHG trend: Oilsands among the most carbon intensive crudes in North AmericaOilsands at 50 Series \u2013 The Real Cost of Development, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Real GHG trend: Oilsands among the most carbon intensive crudes in North America\u00a0Oilsands at 50 Series \u2013 The Real Cost of Development, Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
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The Oil-Climate Index suggests that the oilsands generate 2.2 times as many emissions per barrel than the average crude extracted in North America.\u00a0Photo: Jennifer Grant<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Over the past 50 years, the development of the oilsands has changed the face of Alberta, driving innovation and technology\u00a0to make oilsands a reality. The oilsands are the third largest oil reserve on earth, and despite a cycle of boom and busts, contribute to the prosperity of the province. Industry, however, has not addressed many of\u00a0the largest environmental\u00a0impacts\u00a0generated by the oilsands, and much work is still left to be done. This blog is part of a series where we look back at the last 50 years of the oilsands industry and shed light on a number of the remaining challenges.\u00a0See Part 2 here<\/a>\u00a0and Part 3 here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

After 50 years of production, the oilsands remain among the world\u2019s most carbon intensive large-scale crude oil operations. Studies continue to back this up. The Carnegie Endowment\u2019s Oil-Climate Index<\/u><\/a> suggests most oilsands crude is associated with 31 per cent more emissions than the average North-American crude from the point of extraction through its lifecycle to the point of end use (See Figure 1).<\/p>\n

Figure 1. Emissions associated with the full lifecycle of a crude (from extraction to combustion) for a selection of crudes produced in North America<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When looking at the carbon pollution associated with the extraction and processing, the Oil-Climate Index suggests that the oilsands generate 2.2 times as many emissions per barrel than the average crude extracted in North America (See Figure 2).<\/p>\n

Figure 2. Emissions associated with the extraction and processing for a selection of crudes produced in North America<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Real GHG trend: Oilsands among the most carbon intensive crudes in North America\u00a0Oilsands at 50 Series \u2013 The Real Cost of Development, Part 1 The Oil-Climate Index suggests that the oilsands generate 2.2 times as many emissions per barrel than the average crude extracted in North America.\u00a0Photo: Jennifer Grant Over the past 50 years, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1082,16543,103,113,386,595,3540,4765],"class_list":["post-26936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","category-environment","tag-alberta","tag-benjamin-israel","tag-canada","tag-carbon-emissions","tag-greenhouse-gases","tag-oil-production","tag-oilsands","tag-pembina-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26937,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26936\/revisions\/26937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}