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Carbon footprint of global natural gas supplies to China

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  • Yu Gan

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Hassan M. El-Houjeiri

    (Aramco Services Company)

  • Alhassan Badahdah

    (Aramco Services Company)

  • Zifeng Lu

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Hao Cai

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Steven Przesmitzki

    (Aramco Services Company)

  • Michael Wang

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

Abstract

As natural gas demand surges in China, driven by the coal-to-gas switching policy, widespread attention is focused on its impacts on global gas supply-demand rebalance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Here, for the first time, we estimate well-to-city-gate GHG emissions of gas supplies for China, based on analyses of field-specific characteristics of 104 fields in 15 countries. Results show GHG intensities of supplies from 104 fields vary from 6.2 to 43.3 g CO2eq MJ−1. Due to the increase of GHG-intensive gas supplies from Russia, Central Asia, and domestic shale gas fields, the supply-energy-weighted average GHG intensity is projected to increase from 21.7 in 2016 to 23.3 CO2eq MJ−1 in 2030, and total well-to-city-gate emissions of gas supplies are estimated to grow by ~3 times. While securing gas supply is a top priority for the Chinese government, decreasing GHG intensity should be considered in meeting its commitment to emission reductions.

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  • Yu Gan & Hassan M. El-Houjeiri & Alhassan Badahdah & Zifeng Lu & Hao Cai & Steven Przesmitzki & Michael Wang, 2020. "Carbon footprint of global natural gas supplies to China," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-14606-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14606-4
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