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):

Environmental law.

Petroleum.

Power resources--Law and legislation.

Power resources.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2013

Summary:

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. 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

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

Notes:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-RSI-0117

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Restricted for use by site license