Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
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Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels)
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections, 1990 to 2030
Figure 9-1: EIA Historical Energy Production Estimates for Nevada, 1960 - 2015
Oil
Natural Gas
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20
10
10
20
30
30
40
40
Natural Gas (Million Cubic Feet)
50
50
500
0
0
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Due to the absence of a coal industry in Nevada and the limited natural gas and oil production that does
take place in the state, emissions from production, processing, transmission, and distribution represent
a very small fraction of the state's overall GHG emissions. Historically, emissions from the fossil fuel
industry have represented less than 2.2 percent of total emissions across all sectors, with the relative
contribution of natural gas in the sector increasing from 88.7 percent in 1990 to 99.7 percent in 2015.
Table 9-2 shows the fossil fuel industry emissions with natural gas broken down by production,
transmission, and distribution. Historical natural gas and oil emissions from 1990 to 2015 are illustrated
in Figure 9-2.
Table 9-2: Nevada Fossil Fuel Industry Emissions (MMTCO2eq)
Sub-Sector
Total Natural Gas
Production
Transmission
Distribution
Oil
Total Emissions
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
0.366 0.477 0.586 0.733 0.780 0.845 0.851 0.857 0.858 0.863
0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.001
0.206 0.260 0.287 0.353 0.332 0.393 0.396 0.401 0.400 0.400
0.158 0.215 0.298 0.379 0.447
0.451 0.454 0.456 0.457 0.462
0.046 0.016 0.007 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003
0.412 0.493 0.593 0.739 0.785 0.849 0.855 0.860 0.861 0.866
US EIA State Energy Data System, http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/ (accessed September 23, 2016).
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