Abstract
Broad scientific agreement prevails that human-produced (anthropogenic) greenhouse gas emissions affect the climate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has established that such emissions must be significantly reduced to avoid serious consequences for the environment and society. Norway's petroleum industry recognises the climate challenge and has long worked to cut its emissions. These efforts avoided 40 million tonnes of carbon emissions in 1994-2007. The figure for 2006 alone was 4.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has furthermore been initiated for natural gas production on the Snoehvit field in the Barents Sea, while the Gjoea and Valhall fields in the North Sea are to be powered from shore. These moves represent an annual cut of 1.3 million tonnes in carbon emissions by 2010. Further reduction measures totalling 800 000 tonnes per annum by 2013 have also been identified, and will help confirm Norway's position as the world's cleanest oil and gas producer. Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions, measured in carbon equivalent, totalled 55 million tonnes in 2007. Carbon dioxide accounted for 44.9 million tonnes. The total for the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) was 13.8 million tonnes, including 13.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. KonKraft report
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abstractNote = {Broad scientific agreement prevails that human-produced (anthropogenic) greenhouse gas emissions affect the climate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has established that such emissions must be significantly reduced to avoid serious consequences for the environment and society. Norway's petroleum industry recognises the climate challenge and has long worked to cut its emissions. These efforts avoided 40 million tonnes of carbon emissions in 1994-2007. The figure for 2006 alone was 4.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has furthermore been initiated for natural gas production on the Snoehvit field in the Barents Sea, while the Gjoea and Valhall fields in the North Sea are to be powered from shore. These moves represent an annual cut of 1.3 million tonnes in carbon emissions by 2010. Further reduction measures totalling 800 000 tonnes per annum by 2013 have also been identified, and will help confirm Norway's position as the world's cleanest oil and gas producer. Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions, measured in carbon equivalent, totalled 55 million tonnes in 2007. Carbon dioxide accounted for 44.9 million tonnes. The total for the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) was 13.8 million tonnes, including 13.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. KonKraft report 5 includes an account of action taken to reduce emissions from the NCS and measures planned for the future. The most power-intensive processes on an offshore installation are compression related to gas transport, injection of gas and water for pressure support, and pumping of oil and condensate. Power for these processes is largely generated by gas turbines, which provide the bulk of carbon emissions from the NCS. Flaring has accounted for about 10 per cent in recent years, but this share rose in 2007 because of start-up problems with the Snoehvit plant at Melkoeya Maturation of the NCS and the shift from oil to gas production will boost carbon emissions per unit produced up to 2020. Without new measures, greenhouse gas emissions from the petroleum industry in 2020 are expected to remain at today's level. Up to 2030, they should be halved as a result of declining production. However, the petroleum industry will work actively to achieve further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions through more efficient use of energy, assessing power from shore for new fields, development of renewable energy and CCS. The industry will annually review and specify possible future measures for the next three-five years. The bulk of remaining measures available to the petroleum sector are relatively expensive. Which of these should be implemented in the future must be assessed from an overall national perspective, with the emphasis on cost efficiency. In this context, dedication of the Norwegian carbon tax paid by the petroleum industry - currently some NOK 2 billion per year - could also be a way to realise socio-economically beneficial measures in other sectors. The success of the nitrogen oxide fund shows that a cross-industry solution can function well. (Author)}
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abstractNote = {Broad scientific agreement prevails that human-produced (anthropogenic) greenhouse gas emissions affect the climate. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has established that such emissions must be significantly reduced to avoid serious consequences for the environment and society. Norway's petroleum industry recognises the climate challenge and has long worked to cut its emissions. These efforts avoided 40 million tonnes of carbon emissions in 1994-2007. The figure for 2006 alone was 4.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has furthermore been initiated for natural gas production on the Snoehvit field in the Barents Sea, while the Gjoea and Valhall fields in the North Sea are to be powered from shore. These moves represent an annual cut of 1.3 million tonnes in carbon emissions by 2010. Further reduction measures totalling 800 000 tonnes per annum by 2013 have also been identified, and will help confirm Norway's position as the world's cleanest oil and gas producer. Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions, measured in carbon equivalent, totalled 55 million tonnes in 2007. Carbon dioxide accounted for 44.9 million tonnes. The total for the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) was 13.8 million tonnes, including 13.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. KonKraft report 5 includes an account of action taken to reduce emissions from the NCS and measures planned for the future. The most power-intensive processes on an offshore installation are compression related to gas transport, injection of gas and water for pressure support, and pumping of oil and condensate. Power for these processes is largely generated by gas turbines, which provide the bulk of carbon emissions from the NCS. Flaring has accounted for about 10 per cent in recent years, but this share rose in 2007 because of start-up problems with the Snoehvit plant at Melkoeya Maturation of the NCS and the shift from oil to gas production will boost carbon emissions per unit produced up to 2020. Without new measures, greenhouse gas emissions from the petroleum industry in 2020 are expected to remain at today's level. Up to 2030, they should be halved as a result of declining production. However, the petroleum industry will work actively to achieve further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions through more efficient use of energy, assessing power from shore for new fields, development of renewable energy and CCS. The industry will annually review and specify possible future measures for the next three-five years. The bulk of remaining measures available to the petroleum sector are relatively expensive. Which of these should be implemented in the future must be assessed from an overall national perspective, with the emphasis on cost efficiency. In this context, dedication of the Norwegian carbon tax paid by the petroleum industry - currently some NOK 2 billion per year - could also be a way to realise socio-economically beneficial measures in other sectors. The success of the nitrogen oxide fund shows that a cross-industry solution can function well. (Author)}
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