Carbon intensity of global crude oil refining and mitigation potential

L Jing, HM El-Houjeiri, JC Monfort, AR Brandt… - Nature climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Changing market demand and increasing environmental regulations challenge the refining
industry to shift crude slates and reconfigure production processes while reducing …

Decarbonizing US passenger vehicle transport under electrification and automation uncertainty has a travel budget

AF Alarfaj, WM Griffin, C Samaras - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The transportation sector is at the beginning of a transition represented by electrification,
shared mobility, and automation, which could lead to either increases or decreases in total …

Current and future United States light-duty vehicle pathways: cradle-to-grave lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and economic assessment

A Elgowainy, J Han, J Ward, F Joseck… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
This article presents a cradle-to-grave (C2G) assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and costs for current (2015) and future (2025–2030) light-duty vehicles. The …

Introduce dimethyl ether (DME) as a solvent for steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) co-injection: An effective and environmental application

M Chai, Z Chen, H Nourozieh, M Yang, B Chai - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional heavy oil and bitumen thermal recovery is currently facing increasing energy
demands and climate-related challenges. Dimethyl ether (DME) as a renewable and …

A comparative analysis of the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions and financial viability of residential heating systems located in New York state

J Frank, T Brown, HS Ha, D Slade… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving the stringent climate goals established by New York State will require significant
emissions reductions across the agriculture, commercial and residential, electricity, industry …

Measured Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions are higher than estimates made using internationally recommended methods

J Liggio, SM Li, RM Staebler, K Hayden… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The oil and gas (O&G) sector represents a large source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
globally. However, estimates of O&G emissions rely upon bottom-up approaches, and are …

Wells to wheels: Environmental implications of natural gas as a transportation fuel

H Cai, A Burnham, R Chen, M Wang - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
We assessed freshwater consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and air emissions
of using compressed and liquefied natural gas (NG) as transportation fuels by three heavy …

Decarbonization potential of on-road fuels and powertrains in the European Union and the United States: a well-to-wheels assessment

H Cai, M Prussi, L Ou, M Wang, M Yugo… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Transportation is fundamental for any modern economy, but its growing energy demand and
the related climate impact call for urgent action. Life-cycle analysis (LCA) is a suitable …

Well-to-wake analysis of ethanol-to-jet and sugar-to-jet pathways

J Han, L Tao, M Wang - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2017 - Springer
Background To reduce the environmental impacts of the aviation sector as air traffic grows
steadily, the aviation industry has paid increasing attention to bio-based alternative jet fuels …

Modeling the GHG emissions intensity of plug-in electric vehicles using short-term and long-term perspectives

G Kamiya, J Axsen, C Crawford - Transportation Research Part D: Transport …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) can contribute to deep greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction
targets but their efficacy depends on the sources of electricity. PEV GHG intensity can vary …