Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections, 1990 to 2030
9.
9.1
Fossil Fuel Industry Sector Emissions
Overview
This section reports CH 4 emissions from all phases of natural gas and oil systems in Nevada. 35 Natural
gas emissions are associated with production, transmission, venting, and distribution; oil emissions are
associated with production, refining, and transport. Emissions associated with energy production from
fossil fuel combustion and energy consumption by these processes are included in Section 3: Electricity
Generation and in Section 5: Residential, Commercial, and Industrial. The methodologies in the SIT were
used to estimate GHG emissions. The sources of the dataset used to estimate fossil fuel industry GHG
emissions are summarized in Table 9-1. In 2013, the most recent year with a full inventory of emissions,
fossil fuels industry emissions accounted for 2 percent of gross emissions in the state.
Process
Emission factors
Table 9-1: Sources Used to Estimate Fossil Fuel Industry GHG Emissions
- SIT
Source
production report published by the State
Reference
http://minerals.nv.gov/Programs/Oil_and_Gas/Forms
_Report/
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/
Natural gas production
Natural gas processing
Natural gas
transmission
Natural gas distribution
Oil Production
- Nevada Oil Patch, a bi-monthly
of Nevada Commission on Mineral
Resources
- US EIA State Energy Data System
- US EIA
-
U.S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) -Annual Reports
- U.S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) -Annual Reports
- Nevada Oil Patch, a bi-monthly
production report published by the State
of Nevada Commission on Mineral
Resources
- US EIA State Energy Data System
- US EIA
http://www.eia.gov/
http://phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/data-stats
http://phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/data-stats
http://minerals.nv.gov/Programs/Oil_and_Gas/Forms
_Report/
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/
Oil Refined
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_unc_dcu_r50_
a.htm
Oil Transported
Assumed to be equal to oil refined
9.2
Historical Emissions
Natural gas and oil production in Nevada peaked in the early 1990's. Natural Gas production peaked in
1991, the EIA's first year of recorded commercial production, at 53 million cubic feet. Oil production in
Nevada peaked in 1990 when the state produced just more than 4 million barrels which was 0.15
percent of 1990 US production (2.68 billion barrels). From 2011 to 2015 production in the industry has
been relatively stagnant with natural gas production averaging roughly 9,300 cubic feet per day and oil
production averaging roughly 936 barrels per day. Figure 9-1 below shows historical production of
natural gas and oil in Nevada.
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Note that there is no coal production in Nevada; its emissions would otherwise be included in this section.
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