Emission Factor

Hydraulic fracturing fluid (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for hydraulic fracturing fluid. The reference product is hydraulic fracturing fluid. "hydraulic fracturing fluid" is a chemical product. It is modelled with water content of 98% - 99.5% and chemical additives 0.5-2%. The process includes water consumption, chemical additives inputs and emissions to air and water. It is used to perform a a hydraulic fracturing by injecting only pure water at high pressure into the rock, as often done for Enhanced Geothermal Systems. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/7014/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameHydraulic fracturing fluid (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m3
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_hydraulic_fracturing_fluid_market_for_hydraulic_fracturing_fluid
UUID
e7fc5978-f11b-4233-9866-1401a80c6588
Code Snippet
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