Greenhouse gas emissions of transportation fuels from shale gas-derived natural gas liquids

Qining Chen, Jennifer B. Dunn, David T. Allen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Production of natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the United States is expanding rapidly and production now exceeds domestic demand. An emerging use of NGLs is the production of transportation fuels, however, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of these fuels may limit their access to some markets affected by policies that consider these emissions. This work estimates well-to-tank GHG emissions of NGL-based transportation fuels and compares these estimates to GHG emissions from conventional gasoline production. The emission estimates, and their magnitude relative to well-to-tank GHG emissions for conventional petroleum fuels, are highly sensitive to NGL fuel production scenarios, co-product treatment methods, and feedstock source.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)346-351
Number of pages6
JournalProcedia CIRP
Volume80
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2019 - West Lafayette, United States
Duration: May 7 2019May 9 2019

Funding

The authors thank Professor Rakesh Agrawal and Taufik Ridha from the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, for process simulation data and helpful discussions. This paper is based upon work supported primarily by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. EEC-1647722. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. This paper is based upon work supported primarily by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. EEC-1647722. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Keywords

  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Life-cycle assessment
  • Natural gas liquids
  • Shale gas
  • Transportation fuels
  • Well-to-tank

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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