Pipeline - natural gas - high pressure distribution network (pipeline construction)

The activity generating the emissions is pipeline construction, natural gas, high pressure distribution network. The Reference Product is pipeline, natural gas, high pressure distribution network. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction and the installations of a pipeline that is used for natural gas distribution in the high and middle pressure distribution network. It is made of steel, polyethylene and cast iron, having a total length of 6,380 km. It has a lifetime capacity of 765,000,000 MJ and a lifetime of 40 years. The process includes production of the pipes, their transport at the different parts from the factory to the place of installation, the excavation for the installation, and the decommissioning of the pipeline. Infrastructure of the factory is not included. 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/2181/documentation