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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources--Law and legislation.

Power resources.

Environmental law.

Petroleum.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (35 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-2537 in the 2012 issue.

Considers Canadian oil sands as a possible source of crude oil for the U.S. Discusses basic methodology of life-cycle assessments, and examines choice of boundaries, design features, and input assumptions. 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. Surveys general scientific literature and individual findings of the Department of State commissioned studies for the Keystone XL pipeline. Discusses some tools for policymakers who are interested in using these life-cycle assessments to investigate potential impacts of U.S. energy policy choices on environment.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Canadian Oil Sands

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