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Petroleum refinery (construction)
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The activity generating the emissions is petroleum refinery construction. The Reference Product is petroleum refinery. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a petroleum refinery. The infrastructure represents a refinery with an annual output of 1 mio. tons crude oil and a lifetime of 30 years. The process includes land use, building materials, their decommission, infrastructure and energy consumption during construction. 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/8851/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Petroleum refinery (construction) |
| Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
| Category | Construction |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 1993 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
construction-type_petroleum_refinery_petroleum_refinery_construction
UUID
3ab9ea34-a3ee-4de2-8c92-aca466d3018e
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