Fossil Fuel Operations
GHG emissions from the infrastructure used to extract, process, and distribute fossil fuels — coal mines, oil and gas wells, refineries, pipelines, and storage — distinct from burning those fuels. Primarily unintentional methane releases and CO2 from venting and flaring. Source domain: fossil fuel extraction and distribution infrastructure. Corresponds to IPCC Sector 1.B and Climate TRACE fossil-fuel-operations.
Hierarchy
Section titled “Hierarchy”Broader: Process and Fugitive Emissions
Narrower: Fugitive Fuel Emissions
Details
Section titled “Details”| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| closeMatch | Fugitive Emissions from Fuels (IPCC 2006) |
| closeMatch | Fossil Fuel Operations (Climate TRACE v4) |
Technical details
- IRI:
https://spec.decarbnexus.com/taxonomy/EMI/Sources/FossilFuelOperations - Kind: Taxonomy Concept
- command token: fossil-fuel-operations
- command token: upstream-emissions