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Oil & Gas Exploration & Production and Natural Gas Gathering &
Processing Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol Development
WESTAR Oil & Gas Workshop
October 22, 2008
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What is a Protocol?
Framework document that informs consistent, comparable, transparent, accurate GHG inventory methodology
– Describes how to do voluntary reporting with verification method
– Definitions
– Scope & boundary requirements
– Calculations (emission factors, methodologies)
Adoption by TCR provides consistent and transparent accounting method for all users – industry, governments, non-governmental organizations
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Regulatory Reporting Support Products
• Technical background and scoping paper– Overview of GHG sources and available estimation
methods for O&G field operations– Include E&P activities, gas processing plants, and the
operation of collection systems delivering oil and gas products to processing and refining facilities.
• Proposed outlines for the products that follow (regulatory & protocol)– Prioritize sources in terms of their known or projected
contributions to GHG emissions, both:• Within the partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative• Within North America
– Address emissions sources from all six Kyoto gases within this sector.
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Regulatory Reporting Support Products, continued
• Technical review document of emissions quantification methods for high-priority sources identified in the background and scoping paper, designed to inform and guide development of mandatory reporting requirements by partner jurisdictions in the Western Climate Initiative
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Scope of the Technical Review of emissions quantification methods for high-priority sources & the Protocol
• North America• All O&G source activities upstream of:
– Oil refineries (covered by CCAR protocol)– Gas sale pipeline transfer points (also CCAR protocol)
• Minimum effort: Conventional O&G E&P– “Old” oil fields – including methods to increase &
sustain O&G production, also old & new gas production– Coalbed Methane fields– Offshore
• Expanded effort: “Unconventional” O&G E&P – Oil sands– Oil shale
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Source: American Petroleum Institute: Toward a Consistent Methodology for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Industry Operations. Page 4.
Why Oil and Gas?
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Deliverables for this project
• Background & scoping paper• Technical paper defining high-priority, high-accuracy
source activities:– Supports mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting rulemakings
for NM & CA – for Western Climate Initiative
– Underpins preparation of voluntary GHG protocol
• Reporting & verification protocol, to align with TCR’s existing General Reporting Protocol & General Verification Protocol– Protocol drafts and final approval by The Climate Registry
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Technical Review Paper & Protocol Development Process
1. Conduct literature review
2. Scoping paper, followed by technical review paper
3. Multi-stakeholder workgroup reviews scoping and technical review paper, then reviews protocol drafts
4. Broad expert review of protocol drafts, with off-ramp at this point for regulatory process
5. Protocol public review & comment
6. Adoption/implementation of protocol
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What Resources are available for Protocol Development?
• GHG Protocol
• CA Registry and TCR Registry GRP
• API Compendium
• IEPCA Guidelines
• CEC Evaluation
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Technical Paper & Protocol Development Schedule
• September 08 - Finalize project plan, Issue Technical Support Contractor RFP
• October - Review bids, Interviews, Issue contract
• November - Begin regular Technical Workgroup calls & meetings, Draft technical paper
• Dec.– Feb. 09 - TWG meetings, additional work products
• March - Begin protocol drafting with TWG and Protocol Advisory Group
• May - Review of draft final protocol• June - Public comment period for TCR • July - Protocol action & approval by TCR!
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Budget
• ~$300K to complete – funding primarily from NMED and CARB
• $100K project management & facilitation
• up to $200K Technical support contract
• Donations greatly appreciated!– BP & Chevron have seeded with $10k
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Questions?
For More Information:
Project webpage: http://www.wrapair.org/ClimateChange/GHGProtocol/index.html
Tom Moore: [email protected]
Lee Gribovicz: [email protected]