Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 16: Upstream Mining Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Upstream Mining Energy Use (PJ) 394.8   1,106.6 1,181.0 1,090.9 1,172.4 1,297.4 1,341.8 1,268.1 1,345.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 63.3   56.9 56.4 54.6 54.0 42.4 61.3 57.6 58.7
Natural Gas 108.0   708.7 761.9 700.0 755.0 867.8 878.9 816.3 882.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 48.9   72.2 83.9 70.7 86.4 93.5 99.9 93.9 99.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 148.2   221.5 231.5 226.1 233.0 236.1 244.9 249.1 256.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 19.5   44.6 43.4 39.5 44.0 54.7 56.8 51.2 50.0
Coal 6.9   2.6 3.7 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 16.0   5.1 4.8 5.0 4.6 3.3 4.6 4.5 4.4
Natural Gas 27.3   64.0 64.5 64.2 64.4 66.9 65.5 64.4 65.5
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 12.4   6.5 7.1 6.5 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.4
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 37.5   20.0 19.6 20.7 19.9 18.2 18.3 19.6 19.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 4.9   4.0 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7
Coal 1.8   0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 83,671   115,591 110,211 107,917 118,414 125,144 124,607 113,308 121,870
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 4.7   9.6 10.7 10.1 9.9 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.0
Total Upstream Mining GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 24.4   63.9 68.4 63.2 68.0 75.6 78.0 72.8 77.2

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 3.8   2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.4 2.0 1.7 1.7
Natural Gas 6.7   41.5 44.4 41.2 44.5 50.9 51.5 47.9 51.7
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 3.4   5.1 5.9 5.0 6.1 6.6 7.0 6.6 7.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 8.6   12.2 12.8 12.5 12.8 13.1 14.0 13.4 13.8
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 1.2   2.7 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.1
Coal 0.7   0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 61.8   57.7 57.9 57.9 58.0 58.3 58.1 57.4 57.4
Total Upstream Mining GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 20.6   61.7 66.2 61.1 66.0 74.2 76.0 71.1 75.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 52.3   55.8 56.0 56.0 56.3 57.2 56.7 56.1 56.1

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.