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Natural gas - low pressure (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for natural gas, low pressure. The Reference Product is natural gas, low pressure. ‘natural gas, low pressure is a fossil fuel, for which a generic gross calorific value (GCV) of 40MJ/m3, a net calorific value (NCV) of 36.0 MJ/m3 and a density of 0.735kg/m3 for natural gas are applied, in line with the global statistics (referring to standard cubic meters, Sm3, measured at 15°C and 1013 mbar). It is used as a gaseous fuel and is sourced from oil and gas production and evaporation of liquid natural gas. Local distribution of natural gas for residential, commercial, and small industrial users in low-pressure networks with an overpressure below 0.1 bar. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/26023/documentation

PropertyValue
NameNatural gas - low pressure (market for)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2023
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m3
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_natural_gas_low_pressure_market_for_natural_gas_low_pressure-fuel_use_na
UUID
825b4996-01f3-405a-83c4-b61eb514c8ac
Code Snippet
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