Emission Factor

Base oil (base oil production - petroleum refinery operation)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. 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 ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameBase oil (base oil production - petroleum refinery operation)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: 7b132a9b-284d-4d9c-9f71-4bc750f9b7a9

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_base_oil_base_oil_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
c9064f8f-60a9-4add-a6e9-a01139fa36c5_06eb6d76-0ac1-5ba6-aa9b-6b0228e0dd96
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