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

Qining Chen; Jennifer B. Dunn; David T. Allen

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2019.01.014

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

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

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Chemical and Biological Engineering

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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 language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	346-351
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	80
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2019.01.014
State	Published - 2019
Event	26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2019 - West Lafayette, United States Duration: May 7 2019 → May 9 2019

Keywords

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

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Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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

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