Environment Report 2015

In 2013, CO 2 emissions from UK offshore oil and gas production contributed three per cent of the total domestic 2 emissions 27 . It is important to consider that the exploration, production and transportation of offshore oil and gas account for a small percentage of the overall life cycle GHG emissions – approximately nine per cent for oil 28 and 16 per cent for gas 29 . CO

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Figure 11: Offshore Emissions of Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Monoxide and Sulphur Dioxide

2

NOᵪ Emissions

CO Emissions

SO₂ Emissions

CO₂ Emissions

10 12 14 16 18 20

70,000

3

60,000

50,000

40,000

4

30,000

0 2 4 6 8

10,000 NO x , SO 2 and CO Emissions (Tonnes) 20,000

CO 2 Emissions (Million Tonnes)

5

0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: EEMS June 2015

6

2014

CO

NO

CO

SO

2

x

2

Tonnes

12,585,700

46,000

20,700

2,200

7

27 The data came from DECC. Values for 2014 were not available at the time of writing. See http://bit.ly/1H4faxf 28 For more information see http://1.usa.gov/1GYdUvy. The data came from the US. UK data could not be sourced. 29 For more information see www.worldwatch.org/system/files/pdf/Natural_Gas_LCA_Update_082511.pdf. The data came from the US. UK data could not be sourced.

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