# How does a gas-based DRI steel plant in Libya work out its CBAM figure?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/libya-dri-steel-exporter-cbam-figure

Count natural gas used in the DRI reformer and furnace, carbon in electrodes and charge carbon in the arc furnace, and fuel for reheating. Use a mass balance where carbon stays in the steel. Gas-based DRI usually gives a lower figure than coal or blast furnace routes, which is worth proving.

## Inputs

- Natural gas to the DRI module.
- Electrodes, coke and lime in the arc furnace.
- Gas or oil for reheating before rolling.

## Not charged

Electricity for the arc furnace is reported but not charged for steel.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, power and production records into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions your EU importer asks for.

- [Mass balance in a steel plant](https://senseible.earth/answers/cbam-mass-balance-method-integrated-steel-plant)
- [Graphite electrode CO2 in EAF](https://senseible.earth/answers/graphite-electrode-co2-in-eaf-steel)

Sources: [Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, monitoring rules](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1773/oj/eng), [worldsteel, CO2 data collection methodology](https://worldsteel.org), [CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.