LCA dataset : petrol, crude oil refining

Included activities starts

The activity starts with crude oil entering the refinery

Included activities ends

The activity ends with the refined petroleum products leaving the refinery.

Description

petrol is an important fuel for engines; this dataset includes the primary raw materials, energy, atmospheric emissions, water emissions, and waste from the production process. Infrastructure such as production equipment and factory construction is not included within the boundary of the dataset; the data inventory is taken from literature; the production process of petrol includes petroleum processing and refining operations, etc.

Activity Description

The production process of petrol include petroleum processing and refining operations. The core refining operations comprise atmospheric and vacuum distillation units, catalytic reforming units, fluid catalytic cracking units, delayed coking units, diesel hydrotreating units, petrol adsorptive desulfurization, liquefied gas separation, methyl tertiary butyl ether production, acid gas removal, etc.

Process Description

petrol is a fossil fuel. It is used as a liquid fuel, derived from the fractional distillation of crude oil. petrol is one of the most widely used light petroleum products and is an important fuel for engines.