By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 11 -- ChevronTexaco Corp. announced Monday that its proprietary system for estimating and managing greenhouse gas emissions and energy utilization data is now available free of charge to the worldwide energy industry. The company said it released the system to promote standardization of methodologies used and comparability in the gathering of greenhouse gas inventory information.
ChevronTexaco, which has used the system successfully since January 2002, began developing an improved reporting system in January 2001. "There were no comprehensive systems on the market to monitor and measure energy utilization and greenhouse gas emissions effectively across an organization's activities," the company said.
The system, called the Sangea Energy and Emissions Estimating System 2.0, is an automated, electronic data management information system designed to gather greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage data from exploration and production, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, transportation, electricity generation, manufacturing, real estate, and coal activities.
"We believe it is essential to have the ability to measure and calculate industry data consistently on a global basis," said ChevronTexaco Chairman and CEO Dave O'Reilly.
The calculation methods and emission factors of the system are based on the American Petroleum Institute's Compendium of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation Methodologies for the Oil and Gas Industry, which ChevronTexaco considers to be one of the best practices for the petroleum industry.
