{"id":128377,"date":"2021-08-24T20:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=128377"},"modified":"2021-08-26T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T06:42:52","slug":"global-emissions-can-decline-10-this-decade-if-refineries-clean-up-their-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-emissions-can-decline-10-this-decade-if-refineries-clean-up-their-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Global emissions can decline 10% this decade if refineries clean up their act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/climate-change\/global-emissions-can-decline-10-this-decade-if-refineries-clean-up-their-act-report-78600\">Down\u00a0To\u00a0Earth<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>What is the news?<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As per the report published\u00a0in One Earth, global cumulative emissions could be reduced by 10%\u00a0during 2020-2030\u00a0if refineries adopt low carbon\u00a0measures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Findings<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emissions have increased<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0It\u00a0estimated\u00a0that emissions from the refineries in 2018 were about 1.3 gigatons (Gt) which would increase to 16.5 Gt of CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0in\u00a02020-2030\u00a0if\u00a0refineries do not adopt low carbon measures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Number of refineries has increased<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0from\u00a0755\u00a0in 2000 worldwide,\u00a0to 946\u00a0refineries\u00a0in 2018.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The oil refining industry plays a crucial role in both the energy supply chain and climate change. The petroleum oil refining industry is the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">third-largest stationary emitter of greenhouse gases in the world,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0contributing 6% of all industrial greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, CO<\/span><sub><span data-contrast=\"none\">2<\/span><\/sub><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0accounts for approximately 98% of greenhouse gases emitted by petroleum refineries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CO<\/span><sub><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2<\/span><\/sub><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0emissions from the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oil refineries in India<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0experienced growth between 2000 and 2018; contribution climbed 7% in 2018 from 3% in 2000.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mitigation strategies<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Based on the findings, the authors recommend mitigation strategies, such as\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">improving refinery efficiency\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">upgrading heavy oil-processing technologies<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These strategies could potentially reduce global cumulative emissions by 10% from 2020 to 2030.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0Down\u00a0To\u00a0Earth\u00a0\u00a0 What is the news? As per the report published\u00a0in One Earth, global cumulative emissions could be reduced by 10%\u00a0during 2020-2030\u00a0if refineries adopt low carbon\u00a0measures.\u00a0 Findings\u00a0 Emissions have increased:\u00a0It\u00a0estimated\u00a0that emissions from the refineries in 2018 were about 1.3 gigatons (Gt) which would increase to 16.5 Gt of CO2\u00a0in\u00a02020-2030\u00a0if\u00a0refineries do not adopt low carbon measures.\u00a0 Number&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-emissions-can-decline-10-this-decade-if-refineries-clean-up-their-act\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Global emissions can decline 10% this decade if refineries clean up their act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[9286,408,409],"class_list":["post-128377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-carbon-emission","tag-climate-change","tag-global-warming","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704947741},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}