Downstream greenhouse gas emissions from hydrocarbons produced through enhanced oil and gas recovery
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Greenhouse gas emissions from extraction through combustion of hydrocarbons produced through enhanced oil and gas recovery, disaggregated by applicable inventory scope and Scope 3 category.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period applicable to the relevant GHG inventory scope or Scope 3 category
- Aggregation
- Emissions from extraction through combustion of hydrocarbons produced through enhanced oil and gas recovery, reported in the applicable Scope 1, Scope 2, and/or Scope 3 category; values must not be netted against stored carbon or credits.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrocarbons produced through enhanced oil and gas recovery
- Controlled domain
- Climate and greenhouse gases
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Downstream lifecycle emissions from extraction through combustion of hydrocarbons produced through enhanced oil and gas recovery associated with geologic storage.
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Measurement AuthoritySource evidence
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Page 82, Requirement 19.GS, Enhanced oil and gas recovery
- Measurement Authority252c4fb126f46e53c465
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 82, Requirement 19.GS, Enhanced oil and gas recovery
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period applicable to the relevant GHG inventory scope or Scope 3 category
Unit meaning: Each field uses its source-defined unit and retains the applicable scope, category, land-sector method and boundary.
Table fields and units
- reporting period
- enhanced oil and gas recovery project or storage boundary
- hydrocarbon product type
- lifecycle stage
- GHG inventory scope
- Scope 3 category where applicable
- GHG
- emissions result
- unit
- method
- uncertainty
Published dimensions
- GHG inventory scope
- Scope 3 category
- GHG
- hydrocarbon product type
- enhanced oil and gas recovery project or storage boundary
- lifecycle stage: extraction through combustion
- uncertainty
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The requirement identifies a reportable emissions outcome with a defined enhanced-recovery hydrocarbon boundary and requires its inclusion in applicable inventory scopes. It is not the same construct as a generic corporate emissions total because its hydrocarbon-production and lifecycle boundary must remain visible; it also cannot be netted against geologic storage.
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 27 August 2026
Land Sector and Removals Standard
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
- Locator
- Page 82, Requirement 19.GS, Enhanced oil and gas recovery
Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Downstream greenhouse gas emissions from hydrocarbons produced through enhanced oil and gas recovery”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Land Sector and Removals Standard, Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027.
- Identify the enhanced oil and gas recovery activity and associated geologic storage boundary.
- Describe the hydrocarbon products and lifecycle stages included from extraction through combustion.
- Disclose allocation and attribution methods used to associate downstream emissions with hydrocarbons produced through enhanced recovery.
- Report the applicable GHG inventory scope and, for Scope 3, the relevant Scope 3 category.
- Disclose GHG characterization, uncertainty treatment, exclusions, and avoidance of netting against storage, avoided emissions, or credits.
Record-specific limitations
- Applies specifically where geologic storage involves enhanced oil and gas recovery.
- Does not represent geologic CO2 storage, technological removals, avoided emissions, or GHG credits.
- The supplied evidence does not specify a reporting unit or prescribe a single cross-scope total.
- Results must remain separated by applicable inventory scope and Scope 3 category rather than netted into a storage result.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.