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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is 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 transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/157/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Heavy fuel oil (petroleum refinery operation) |
| Sector | Energy |
| Category | Fuel |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
| Year | 1980 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor | |
| Scopes | XX,XX |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | xxx |
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