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Base oil (base oil production - petroleum refinery operation)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product base oil is a basis component for different petroleum products mainly lubricants due to its technical features (e.g. viscosity index). Often additional additives are added like PAO (synthetic lubricants).  The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameBase oil (base oil production - petroleum refinery operation)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Region
India (IN)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2014
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_base_oil_base_oil_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
7b132a9b-284d-4d9c-9f71-4bc750f9b7a9
Code Snippet
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