Emission Factor
Base oil (production - petroleum refinery operation)
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The activity generating the emissions is base oil production, petroleum refinery operation. The Reference Product is base oil. 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 Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/21024/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Base oil (production - petroleum refinery operation) |
| Sector | Energy |
| Category | Fuel |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2014 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.3 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
fuel-type_base_oil_base_oil_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
1410b6e8-9328-4696-94f5-c7a36b1a95a5
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