Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
Alberta1
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) 321.2   1,204.2 1,240.2 1,169.0 1,246.9

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 54.8   40.3 42.5 41.6 41.6
Natural Gas 89.0   815.5 834.2 773.0 840.8
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 29.3   75.9 80.0 68.7 73.9
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.2   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 132.1   227.1 238.2 243.3 249.4
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 15.7   45.3 45.3 42.4 41.1
Coal 0.2   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 17.0   3.3 3.4 3.6 3.3
Natural Gas 27.7   67.7 67.3 66.1 67.4
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 9.1   6.3 6.4 5.9 5.9
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 41.1   18.9 19.2 20.8 20.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 4.9   3.8 3.7 3.6 3.3
Coal 0.1   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) 16.2   68.1 70.6 65.6 70.0

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 5.3   47.3 48.5 45.0 48.8
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 2.1   5.3 5.6 4.8 5.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 7.9   12.7 13.7 13.2 13.5
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 1.0   2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5
Coal 0.0   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) 50.4   56.6 56.9 56.1 56.2

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.