NCEL · KNUST
The Net-Zero Carbon Emission Lab leads the scientific work, maintains the application and stewards its evidence and access arrangements.
Institutional purpose and governance
Built for accountable upstream emissions decisions.
EmiTrack is the scientific decision-support application developed and operated by the Net-Zero Carbon Emission Lab at KNUST for Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector.
The platform
Evidence that remains connected to its limits.
EmiTrack converts routine production information into a source-resolved emissions inventory, international comparisons and transparent policy scenarios. It is designed to support research, regulatory preparation and partner dialogue—not to replace measurement campaigns, statutory reporting or independent verification.
The application keeps measured activity, adopted emission factors, uncertainty, modelled futures and policy tests visibly distinct so that each result can be interpreted on its proper evidential basis.
Project governance
Institutional roles
Yinson Production
Yinson Production West Africa Limited funds the Net-Zero Carbon Emission Project supporting development of this work.
Petroleum Commission
The Petroleum Commission provides the regulatory setting and is the custodian of the routine upstream production records used by the research.
Phased access
Open method now. Wider access later.
Estimation method, tier classification, limitations, chart conventions and definitions.
Facility-resolved inventory, operator records, benchmarks, regulatory readiness and Scenario Lab.
The platform is intended to broaden to sector stakeholders when institutional approval and data-release conditions are in place.
Research principles
The standard EmiTrack is built to meet
Every analytical layer is traceable to a defined method, input basis and validation record.
The structure reflects Ghana’s offshore facilities, regulatory context and available evidence.
Screening results, illustrative thresholds and modelled pathways are labelled without overstating certainty.
Net-Zero Carbon Emission Lab
NCEL develops science-based, data-driven solutions for decarbonisation and climate resilience.
College of Engineering, KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana www.ncel.knust.edu.gh