Emission Factor

Natural gas - liquefied (natural gas production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is natural gas production, liquefied. The Reference Product is natural gas, liquefied. Natural gas, liquefied 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 are applied, in line with the global statistics (referring to standard cubic meters, Sm3, measured at 15°C and 1013 mbar). That is, the reference flow refers to 1 standard cubic meter of natural gas in the gaseous state. At a density of 410-500 kg/m3, the volume of liquified natural gas is around 1/600th of the gaseous volume at standard conditions. Natural gas is liquefied for transportation and/or storage, and it is sourced from natural gas liquefaction plants. 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/27076/documentation

PropertyValue
NameNatural gas - liquefied (natural gas production)
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
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_natural_gas_liquefied_natural_gas_production_liquefied-fuel_use_na
UUID
f4c3e5ae-8bce-483b-836c-fb669c7d1383
Code Snippet
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