ISBN:
9780833045645
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0833046411
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9781282033269
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1282033263
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9780833046413
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0833045644
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 72 pages)
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Technical report TR-580-NCEP
Parallel Title:
Print version Unconventional fossil-based fuels
DDC:
333.79/68
Keywords:
Petroleum engineering
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Heavy oil
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Oil sands
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Coal liquefaction
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Petroleum engineering
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Heavy oil
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Oil sands
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Coal liquefaction
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Power Resources ; General
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industries ; Energy
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SCIENCE ; Energy
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Environmental Policy
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Coal liquefaction
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Heavy oil
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Oil sands
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Petroleum engineering
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Electronic book
Abstract:
Both high import payments for petroleum motor fuels and concerns regarding emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are motivating interest in possible fuel substitutes. Petroleum products derived from conventional crude oil constitute more than 50 percent of end-use energy deliveries in the United States and more than 95 percent of all energy used in the U.S. transportation sector. Almost 60 percent of liquid fuels are imported. Emissions from the consumption of petroleum account for 44 percent of the nation's CO2 emissions, with approximately 33 percent of national CO2 emissions resulting from transportation-fuel use. In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of synthetic crude oil extracted from oil sands and fuels produced via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. The findings indicate the potential cost-competitiveness of these alternative fuels and the potential trade-offs that their deployment requires between economic and environmental considerations
Abstract:
Both high import payments for petroleum motor fuels and concerns regarding emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are motivating interest in possible fuel substitutes. Petroleum products derived from conventional crude oil constitute more than 50 percent of end-use energy deliveries in the United States and more than 95 percent of all energy used in the U.S. transportation sector. Almost 60 percent of liquid fuels are imported. Emissions from the consumption of petroleum account for 44 percent of the nation's CO2 emissions, with approximately 33 percent of national CO2 emissions resulting from transportation-fuel use. In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of synthetic crude oil extracted from oil sands and fuels produced via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. The findings indicate the potential cost-competitiveness of these alternative fuels and the potential trade-offs that their deployment requires between economic and environmental considerations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-72)
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