Life cycle water-demand coefficients for conventional oil production from five North American locations
The production of liquid fuels from crude oil requires water. There has been limited focus on the assessment of life cycle water demand footprints for crude oil production and refining. The overall aim of this paper is address this gap. The objective of this research is to develop water demand coeff...
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ftunivalberta:oai:era.library.ualberta.ca:14f75489-f53a-4fdb-8766-060f8c403fa3 2023-05-15T13:09:10+02:00 Life cycle water-demand coefficients for conventional oil production from five North American locations Ali, Babkir Kumar, Amit 2017-01-01 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/14f75489-f53a-4fdb-8766-060f8c403fa3 https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-3rbm-9054 English eng https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/14f75489-f53a-4fdb-8766-060f8c403fa3 doi:10.7939/r3-3rbm-9054 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND Extraction Water Consumption Refining Life Cycle Water Footprint Water-Energy Nexus Crude Oil Article (Draft / Submitted) 2017 ftunivalberta https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-3rbm-9054 2022-08-22T20:09:20Z The production of liquid fuels from crude oil requires water. There has been limited focus on the assessment of life cycle water demand footprints for crude oil production and refining. The overall aim of this paper is address this gap. The objective of this research is to develop water demand coefficients over the life cycle of fuels produced from crude oil pathways. Five crude oil fields were selected in the three North American countries to reflect the impact of different spatial locations and technologies on water demand. These include the Alaska North Slope, California’s Kern County heavy oil, and Mars in the U.S.; Maya in Mexico; and Bow River heavy oil in Alberta, Canada. A boundary for an assessment of the life cycle water footprint was set to cover the unit operations related to exploration, drilling, extraction, and refining. The recovery technology used to extract crude oil is one of the key determining factors for water demand. The amount of produced water that is re-injected to recover the oil is essential in determining the amount of fresh water that will be required. During the complete life cycle of one barrel of conventional crude oil, 1.71-8.25 barrels of fresh water are consumed and 2.4-9.51 barrels of fresh water are withdrawn. The lowest coefficients are for Bow River heavy oil and the highest coefficients are for Maya crude oil. Of all the unit operations, exploration and drilling require the least fresh water (less than 0.015 barrel of water per barrel of oil produced). A sensitivity analysis was conducted and uncertainty in the estimates was determined. Other/Unknown Material Alaska North Slope north slope Alaska University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive Canada |
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The production of liquid fuels from crude oil requires water. There has been limited focus on the assessment of life cycle water demand footprints for crude oil production and refining. The overall aim of this paper is address this gap. The objective of this research is to develop water demand coefficients over the life cycle of fuels produced from crude oil pathways. Five crude oil fields were selected in the three North American countries to reflect the impact of different spatial locations and technologies on water demand. These include the Alaska North Slope, California’s Kern County heavy oil, and Mars in the U.S.; Maya in Mexico; and Bow River heavy oil in Alberta, Canada. A boundary for an assessment of the life cycle water footprint was set to cover the unit operations related to exploration, drilling, extraction, and refining. The recovery technology used to extract crude oil is one of the key determining factors for water demand. The amount of produced water that is re-injected to recover the oil is essential in determining the amount of fresh water that will be required. During the complete life cycle of one barrel of conventional crude oil, 1.71-8.25 barrels of fresh water are consumed and 2.4-9.51 barrels of fresh water are withdrawn. The lowest coefficients are for Bow River heavy oil and the highest coefficients are for Maya crude oil. Of all the unit operations, exploration and drilling require the least fresh water (less than 0.015 barrel of water per barrel of oil produced). A sensitivity analysis was conducted and uncertainty in the estimates was determined. |
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Life cycle water-demand coefficients for conventional oil production from five North American locations |
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Life cycle water-demand coefficients for conventional oil production from five North American locations |
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