skip main navigation
location : Home > Sustainability Report 2006 > Environmental Aspect : Environmental Impacts from Business Activities

Environmental Aspect : Environmental Impacts from Business Activities

To offer products that are less environmentally damaging, we make efforts to reduce envi-ronmental impacts arising at every stage of the entire life cycle of oil, including the endstage in which our customers use our products.We not only quantify the environmentalimpacts arising at each stage, but also aim to pursue continuous improvements to reducethe impacts.

Environmental Impacts from Business Activities

  INPUT OUTPUT  

Crude Oil Extraction

Image

● Energy

Fuel: 29,405 TJ

● Emissions to air

CO2 1,639
thousand t-CO2
SOx: 22,602 t
NOx: 3,626 t

[Environmental measures]

Energy conservation
Air pollution control
(Zero Flare Project)

Crude Oil Transportation

Image

● Energy

Fuel: 14,428 TJ

● Emissions to air

CO2 986 thousand t-CO2
SOx: 21,477 t
NOx: 26,604 t

[Environmental measures]

Oil spill prevention
Energy conservation
(increasing efficiency by joint distribution, increasing size of tankers)

Refining (Refineries)

Image

● Raw materials

Crude oil:  30,708
thousand kl
Others:  1,347 thousand kl

● Energy

Purchased power:
3,002 TJ (311,868 thousand kWh)
Own fuel:
72,416 TJ (1,868 thousand kl-crude oil)

● Water

Industrial water:  42,805 thousand t
Sea water:  365,170
thousand t

Trend in total
energy consumption
  unit: TJ
FY2003: 73,292
FY2004: 72,908
FY2005: 75,418

● Emissions into air

CO25,086
thousand t-CO2
   Own fuel:
4,600 thousand t-CO2
Purchased power:
116 thousand t-CO2
Hydrogen production process:
371 thousand t-CO2
SOx: 5,543 t
NOx: 3,154 t

● Wastewater

Wastewater:  374,435 thousand t
(including: 365,170
thousand t of sea water)
COD: 138 t
Nitrogen: 90 t
Phosphorus: 2 t

● Industrial waste

Generated: 46,634 t
Recycled: 14,532 t
Landfilled: 380 t

● PRTR Law designated substances

Released: 90 t
Transferred: 15 t

Trend in CO2 emissions
  unit:thousand t-CO2
FY2003: 5,053
FY2004: 4,990
FY2005: 5,086

[Environmental measures]

Energy conservation
Industrial waste management
Air pollution control
Soil environment preservation
Resource conservation / recycling
Chemical substance control
Water quality control
Tree planting on site

Product

● Production 31,027thousand kl
● Sulfur recovered 257thousand t (by-product)
● Electric power sold 1,102,338GWh (10,759TJ)
● CO2Sold 144thousand t-CO2

   

Product Transportation and warehousing (oil depots)

Image

● Energy

Fuel: 3,664 TJ

● Emissions to air

CO2: 229 thousand t-CO2
SOx: 1,970 t
NOx: 3,814 t

[Environmental measures]

■Maritime transportation (ships)
Oil spill prevention Energy conservation (increased efficiency through mutual accommodations, larger tankers for coastal routes)

■Land transportation Energy conservation (large vehicle and high stowage rate)

■Stockpiling (oil depots)
Energy conservation Resource conservation Chemical substance control
Soil environment preservation
Oil spill prevention

Product use

Image

● Emissions into air

CO2 77,015
thousand t-CO2
(This does not include CO2 emissions of 761thousand t-CO2 associated with generating electric power sold)
SOx: 160,298 t

Trend in CO2 emissions
  unit:thousand t-CO2
FY2003: 75,171
FY2004: 73,452
FY2005: 77,015

[Environmental measures]

■Service stations
Energy conservation
Industrial waste management
Air pollution control
Soil environment preservation
Resource conservation / recycling
Chemical substance control
Water quality control

Office

Image

[Environmental measures]

Energy conservation
Resource conservation / recycling
Green procurement

Laboratory

Image

[Environmental measures]

Energy conservation
Resource conservation / recycling
Industrial waste management
Chemical substance control
Water quality control
CO2 emissions throughoutoil's life cycle

Oil's Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)

Stage Crude oil extraction Crude oil transportation Refining Product transportation Product use Total
Energy consumption (TJ) 29,405 14,428 75,418 3,664 1,127,628 1,250,542
CO2 emissions (thousand t-CO2) 1,639 986 5,086 229 77,015 84,955
SOx emissions (t) 22,602 21,477 5,543 1,970 160,298 211,890
NOx emissions (t) 3,626 26,604 3,154 3,814 - -
  • Figures are estimated on the actual production volumes of petroleum products in Fiscal 2005.
  • Figures for crude oil production, crude oil transportation, and product transportation are estimated based on LCI for Petroleum Products by fuel and Environmental Impact Assessment for Petroleum Products, published in March 2000 by the Petroleum Energy Center.
  • Figures for refining and product consumption are derived from Environmental accounting. See website of the Related Data for the methods and basis of calculations.
    Energy consumption is calculated according to the Energy Saving Law.
  • Refining include data from the Yokkaichi Kasumi Power Station and Cosmo Matsuyama Oil Co., Ltd.
  • Electric power sold refers to power sold by Chiba Oil Refinery, Yokkaichi Kasumi Power Station, and Cosmo Matsuyama Oil Co., Ltd. The CO2 emission from refining is the amount after deduction of CO2 emissions, a result of such power generation. It is includes CO2 emissions for the purchased electricity.
  • Figures here do not include CO2 emissions associated with the construction of facilities.
  • SOx emission from the use of products is informational. It is estimated from the potential sulfur content of products without taking sulfur reduction during use into consideration. Accordingly, actual SOx emission is lower than the estimate.
  • In addition to CO2 emission from the use of products, the emission from the sold power is estimated separately.
  • Naphtha used mainly as petrochemical material emits neither CO2 nor SOx in normal state, but CO2 and SOx emissions from the use of products are estimated assuming naphtha emits both.
main content end
Go To Pagetop
(C) Copyright:COSMO OIL Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved.