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Emissions in Qatar
Qatar is on the highest list of CO2 emissions globally, Done by

with over 106.65 million tons being released annually. •

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Ushara De Silva
Busira Lassissi
Maha Al-Emadi

Something needs to be done about this.

• Abelaziz Abuelrub

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What’s happening?
Facts about Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in
Qatar.

• Qatar’s GHG emissions are the highest in the world.

• Qatar is responsible for 0.31% of global CO2 emissions.
• The main source of (Carbon Dioxide) CO2 emissions are the 5
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) power stations in Qatar.

These high GHG emissions lead to an accelerated

Global Warming effect, which in turn leads to:

• Higher average temperatures

• Extreme and unpredictable weather patterns
• Rising sea levels
• Effects on Qatar’s ecosystem Graph showing 𝐶𝑂2 emissions (metric tons per capita vs Georgian calendar year)

Can we ‘Vacuum’ out CO2?

Global Warming - Summarized
YES, we can. In fact, it's an already existing technology, and it is
called ‘Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilization’ (CCUS).

Our potential solution might revolve around the discovery that

CO2 can be ‘vacuum out’ via the following processes:

• Adsorption
• Membrane Separation
• Absorption
• Chemical Looping

An example of CCUS facilities is the Petra Nova Plant in the United

States.

Petra Nova CCUS Facility

Potential CCUS solution
The Petra Nova plant in the US:

• Works to reduce emissions from coal

powered plants

• Captures about 99.08% of the CO2

emitted from the flue gas slipstream

• CO2 captured is used for enhanced oil recovery

• Captures and stores around 1.4 million metric tons of CO2 per year

This plant is energy intensive, thus requires natural gas to be

burnt.