Emission Factor

Base oil (market for base oil)

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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 market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameBase oil (market for base oil)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_base_oil_market_for_base_oil-fuel_use_na
UUID
4ee51c4e-898f-47ae-adc3-7d5f0fa45457
Code Snippet
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