Emission Factor

Petroleum (petroleum and gas production - on-shore)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Petroleum' is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 43.2 MJ/kg. It is used as a liquid fuel and is sourced from fractional distillation of crude oil. Its main applications are in the following sectors: heating and lighting, cooking, automotive fuel and industrial power source. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NamePetroleum (petroleum and gas production - on-shore)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_petroleum_petroleum_and_gas_production_on_shore-fuel_use_na
UUID
3f5cd70d-3679-4839-af03-a59b70c691f3
Code Snippet
Request
Response
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.climatiq.io/estimate \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLIMATIQ_API_KEY" \
--data '{
"emission_factor": {
"activity_id": "fuel-type_petroleum_petroleum_and_gas_production_on_shore-fuel_use_na",
"source": "ecoinvent",
"region": "BO",
"year": 2018,
"source_lca_activity": "na",
"data_version": "^0"
},
"parameters": {
"weight": 80,
"weight_unit": "t"
}
}'
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