Dixit, Y., El-Houjeiri, H., Monfort, JC. et al. Carbon intensity of global crude oil trading and market policy implications. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Present a global high-resolution assessment of crude oil carbon intensity (CI) based on bottom-up engineering-based methods

Case:

• Global

Methodology:

• Life cycle assessment

Data Source

• Oil field, shipping terminal, pipeline, reginery, crude trade and shipping route: Wood Mackenzie, GlobalData, Kpler, S&P Global
• Temperature: NASA MODIS
• Elevation:

Findings:

• variability in global “well-to-refinery-entrance” carbon intensities at the level of crude trade pathways is significant at 4.2-214.1 kg-CO2-equivalent/ barrel with a volume-weighted average of 50.5 kg-CO2-equivalent/barrel

Coding Reference:

• Python