SANGEA™
Reporting
Tool for
Oil & Gas
STANDARDIZED GHG EMISSIONS REPORTING
Since the early 2000’s, the American Petroleum Institute
(API) has sponsored the SANGEA™ software tool for the
oil and natural gas industry to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and standardize emissions reporting. The information
from SANGEA is used for API GHG benchmarking studies,
industry climate change reporting, as well as for submissions to
address federal GHG emission mandatory reporting for the
petroleum industry.
Our partnership
Regulatory changes, including mandatory reporting requirements
for GHG emissions, prompted API to sponsor a major overhaul
of the software including current calculation methodologies.
API selected Trinity Consultants/T3 to update the software
including these functionalities:
n Apply the API Compendium 2009 for GHG emission
calculation methods
n Incorporate the U.S. EPA Mandatory Reporting Rule (MRR)
Subparts C, P, W, and Y to comply with U.S. regulatory
reporting requirements
n Store source parameters and operating data through
established procedures
n Calculate direct and indirect GHG emissions as well as
criteria pollutants with embedded emission factors
and equations
n Track energy consumption and normalizes emissions on a
production basis (e.g., ton GHG/bbl of product)
n Report GHG emissions to comply with regulatory
requirements and/or to track corporate performance metrics
SANGEA can also be used to track energy consumption and
estimate criteria pollutant emissions.
SANGEA 4
SANGEA calculates and compiles GHG emissions and energy
usage data from exploration and production, gas processing,
refining and marketing, petrochemicals, transportation,
electricity consumption, manufacturing, coal mining, and
other activities.
Easy to use functionality
The desktop database program has a user-friendly interface
that can be used to manage various types of sources throughout
a large entity to address corporate and/or regulatory reporting
requirements. In order to build a solution that would promote
long-term software usability and easy maintenance, the
new product was migrated from its previous spreadsheet-based
application to stand-alone software in Microsoft® .NET
framework with Access® database files for storing source
information.
In addition to being user-friendly, SANGEA improves usability
with these features:
n Enter data using setup wizards
n Create, delete, and edit sources quickly
n Import/export data manually or use batch transfers
n Organize data and information by fuel, sources, or activities
n Copy source parameters from an existing file
Two reporting protocols, one software tool
SANGEA provides calculation methodologies in various
modules that are grouped based on API’s Compendium 2009
and corresponding subparts of the U.S. EPA’s MRR for GHG
emissions. Two GHG reporting protocols with numerous
source types are integrated into one software tool. The
following table shows the source “modules” available in SANGEA.
The software also includes U.S. EPA AP-42 emission factors
for criteria pollutants, which enables users to quantify emissions
for both GHG and criteria pollutants.
SUMMARY OF SOURCE MODULES IN SANGEA
U.S. EPA MRR Subpart
SANGEA Source Modules API Compendium 2009 C P W Y
Acid Gas Removal (AGR) √ √
Combustion Control √
Dehydrator √ √
Equipment Leaks √ √ √
Flare √ √ √
Hydrogen Plant √ √
Indirect Emissions √
Liquid Loading √ √
Miscellaneous √
Mobile and Transportation √
Oil and Gas Venting √ √
Refinery Process Units √ √
Stationary Combustion √ √ √
Storage Tank √ √ √
Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU) √ √
User Defined Sources *
* User defined sources allow users to create source types not covered under the protocols.

Source modules
Under each module, wizards help users set up emission sources
and multiple calculation methods without referring to the
methods in the protocols. The software guides users to specify
source parameters that are needed for GHG emissions calculations
and/or reporting requirements. These source parameters are
stored in the software source database for future emission
inventory reports.
SANGEA also offers a “User Defined Sources” module under
the API Compendium protocol that allows users to define
sources that are not already established in the two protocols of
the SANGEA reporting system.
The software tool incorporates more than 20 reporting formats,
including emission calculations, detailed monthly source
emissions, API summary, MRR summary, Subpart W, Subpart Y,
and others.
A HISTORY OF INNOVATION
T3 was launched in 1995 when Trinity Consultants, an
international leader in environmental consulting, responded to
client needs by focusing on the specialized area of EH&S
management solutions. Today T3 is an industry leader with a
rare mix of EH&S professionals and IT experts. This powerful
combination gives T3 unmatched capability in applying technology
to solve industry’s EH&S information management challenges.

Reporting For more information about SANGEA or assistance with

Multiple locations can be created under one SANGEA
working file. This allows companies to report emissions by
business operating groups, geographical regions, or regulatory
reporting entities.
GHG inventory development, please contact John Fillo at
(724) 996-1946 or jfillo@trinityconsultants.com.
Information Technology for EH&S Management
972 . 661. 8121 n Fax: 972 . 385 . 9203 n sales@tthree.com n tthree.com
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