Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 12: Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Extraction Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Energy Use (PJ) 39.8   80.9 80.1 78.5 73.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 10.7   6.7 6.5 6.2 6.3
Natural Gas 4.5   44.9 42.9 43.1 38.7
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 18.4   27.4 28.7 27.7 27.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 1.5   1.9 1.9 1.6 1.7
Coal 4.7   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 27.0   8.3 8.1 7.9 8.6
Natural Gas 11.2   55.5 53.6 54.8 52.5
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 46.1   33.9 35.9 35.3 36.6
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 3.9   2.3 2.4 2.0 2.3
Coal 11.8   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 2.0   4.7 4.7 4.6 4.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – –
Natural Gas 0.3   2.7 2.6 2.6 2.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 1.3   1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Coal 0.3   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 50.3   58.3 58.6 58.6 58.3

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.
2) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.