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Assessment of the environmental footprint of offshore drilling and carbon storage operations from a life cycle perspective

  • Øllgaard, Mia Emborg (PhD Student)
  • Olsen, Stig Irving (Main Supervisor)
  • Eftekhari, Ali A (Supervisor)
  • Fürstnow, Mette (Supervisor)
  • Finkbeiner, Matthias (Examiner)
  • Stage, Morten Gjetting (Examiner)
  • Poulsen, Søren R. (Supervisor)

Project Details

Description

Life Cycle Assessment of upstream oil and gas value chains, namely offshore drilling and carbon capture and storage operations.

Key findings

Current GHG reporting for upstream oil and gas is underestimated.

Granularity in current GHG reporting for upstream oil and gas is recommended, and a framework for integrating process based LCA into scope 3 accounting is developed.

Carbon capture and storage has a positive effect on global warming with the largest impact contribution yielded by electricity production for capture processes.
Short titleLCA of CCS and Drilling
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/11/2021 → 05/11/2025

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

  • Oil and Gas
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • Offshore Energy
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Scope 3
  • Drilling

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  • 1 Ph.D. thesis