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Heavy fuel oil (production - petroleum refinery operation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is heavy fuel oil production, 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/19562/documentation

PropertyValue
NameHeavy fuel oil (production - petroleum refinery operation)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2014
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.3
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_heavy_fuel_oil_heavy_fuel_oil_production_petroleum_refinery_operation-fuel_use_na
UUID
f9adf384-e530-4505-a9af-0c83dff9c12c
Code Snippet
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