Oil represents the main energy sources used by mankind. In addition, petroleum
products serve as feedstock for several consumer goods, thus playing an important
growing role in people’s lives. For this reason there are various software applications
designed to do the environmental assessment to see their impact on the environment.
Among these is SimaPro software package designed to make a valuable contribution.
It is a powerful tool for analyzing the environmental impact of products
during their whole life cycle. In this study, it was applied to analyze and evaluate the
impacts for Al-Daura refinery for the gasoline and kerosene fuel production. This refinery
located in Baghdad, Iraq was analyzed. The results of the life cycle assessment
(LCA) show that gasoline has a (single score) of the order of 11.1 point for each 1
cubic meter produce from gasoline fuel compared with 4.83 point for each 1 cubic
meter produce from kerosene. Global warming, respiratory inorganics and nonrenewable
energy were the most effective environmental impacts.
Keywords
Gasoline, Kerosene, Al-Daura Refinery, Refining, Baghdad, Simapro7, Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA)