LNG Supply Chains: A Supplier-Specific Life-Cycle Assessment for Improved Emission Accounting
dc.contributor.author | Roman-White, SA | |
dc.contributor.author | Littlefield, JA | |
dc.contributor.author | Fleury, KG | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, DT | |
dc.contributor.author | Balcombe, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Konschnik, KE | |
dc.contributor.author | Ewing, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Ross, GB | |
dc.contributor.author | George, F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-27T10:04:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-27T10:04:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2168-0485 | |
dc.identifier.other | acssuschemeng.1c03307 | |
dc.identifier.other | acssuschemeng.1c03307 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/73781 | |
dc.description.abstract | Global trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG) is growing significantly, as is interest in the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with LNG. Most assessments of life-cycle GHG emissions from LNG have employed national or regional average emission estimates; however, there is significant variability in emissions across different suppliers and across the natural gas supply chain. This work describes a framework for compiling supplier-specific GHG emission data for LNG, from the producing well to regasification at the destination port. A case study is presented for Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass Liquefaction (SPL) LNG supply chain from production in the United States and delivered to China. GHG emission intensities are estimated to be 30–43% lower than other analyses employing national or regional average emission profiles. The segments driving these differences are gas production and gathering, transmission, and ocean transport. Extending the boundaries of this analysis to the power plant illustrates the effect of fuel switching from coal to natural gas; the effect of fuel switching in China is a 47–57% reduction in GHG emission intensity, cradle through power generation. This work highlights the important role customized life-cycle assessments can play to improve GHG emission estimates and differentiate supply chains to inform business and policy decisions related to the transition to a low carbon future. | en_US |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society (ACS) | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering | |
dc.rights | This item is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. | |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | LNG Supply Chains: A Supplier-Specific Life-Cycle Assessment for Improved Emission Accounting | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03307 | |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |
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