Energy Conservation and CO2 Emissions in the Processing and Use of Oil and Gas

Abstract

By the year 2020 or so, oil and gas, which contribute currently to 62% of the whole of carbon dioxide anthropogenic emissions, will go on to cover roughly half of the world demand of primary energy. Thence, the fight against the CO2 emissions requires the implementation of preventive actions as regards processing (refining of crude oil and natural gas) and uses (combustion in boilers for energy production and engines for automotive transportation) of fossil hydrocarbons and curative actions aiming at the capture and sequestration of the given off CO2. The appropriate technical solutions to do that are reviewed in this paper.