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Long Term: Using the Industry’s Skills to Put Carbon Back in The Groundīeyond these short-term steps lay the foundation for the long game – a circular economy in which the oil and gas industry takes an active role in mitigating the carbon impacts of its continued production. The industry is also working on preventing unplanned or “fugitive” emissions of gas. The industry is also working hard to squeeze out energy inefficiencies, including using less heat for extracting and processing hydrocarbons, and less flaring of natural gas. Promisingly, Canada’s high use of renewable energy and plans to phase out coal fired generation will help reduce these emissions. Short-term steps towards decarbonizing the sector include switching out hydrocarbon-powered engines for electric motors wherever possible – such as in vehicles, on drill rig motors, and on pipeline compressors. Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain.Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company.Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources.
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Understanding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Referred to as “Scope 1 – Direct” and “Scope 2 – Indirect” emissions by GHG Protocol, the world's most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standards, these emissions are within the company-owned and controlled resources or are related to electricity purchase and have received the most attention to date. This starts with the energy required to explore for hydrocarbons, drill into the rock, pump the resource to the surface, and then pipeline it to market. The oil and gas sector produces a lot of greenhouse gases in extracting the resource or using electricity.