Including the cost of carbon in refinery project economics
has the potential to convert previously marginal energy
projects into more attractive options
A program directed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is gaining higher interest by US public policy makers. This is evident by the House of Representatives passing The American Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) in June 2009. The US EPA is actively evaluating avenues in which the Clean Air Act can be used to reduce GHG emissions based on its determination that these substances (GHGs) are an endangerment to human health and welfare.
In H.R. 2454, individual refiners would be responsible for GHG emissions from their manufacturing operations plus the emissions from the combustion of the fuels sold by the refinery. These total emissions represent about 35% of the total US GHG invento
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