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Heavy fuel oil (production - petroleum refinery operation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is heavy fuel oil production, petroleum refinery operation. The reference product is heavy fuel oil. Heavy fuel oil is a fossil fuel with a calorific value of 41.2 MJ/kg. It is used as a tar-like fuel and is sourced from petroleum refineries. Its main application is in the following sector: shipping. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/21756/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameHeavy fuel oil (production - petroleum refinery operation)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
India (IN)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2014
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: c9a31313-810b-48b1-aa9a-58b9abc720ad

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_heavy_fuel_oil_heavy_fuel_oil_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
51f71d0c-c6e9-45fe-b4ed-9486fb94079d
Code Snippet
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