Emission Factor

Burning oil

2.536kgCO2e/l

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of stationary combustion of fuel. Fuels conversion factors should be used for primary fuel sources combusted at a site or in an asset owned or controlled by the reporting organisation. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2018: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameBurning oil
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2018
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
Year Released
2018
Emission Factor
  • CO2e2.536kg/l
  • CO22.524 kg/l
  • CH40.0002218 kg/l
  • N2O0.0000237 kg/l
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_burning_oil-fuel_use_na
UUID
331897c7-47ab-4493-9890-3de59cf767aa
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