Natural gas, low pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.001

Included processes:Distribution of high pressure natural gas to users. Remark: Note that density used for Natural gas is 0.77kg/m3 Geography: Refers to an average production in the Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU

Sector
Fuels
Contributor
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Last updated
12 Oct 2026
Reference ID
26a47ec4-6002-3b58-8850-c58e13df656c

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Quantitative reference
Natural gas, low pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
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Creation date
05 Oct 1899
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
Tags
material
Sources
National Greenhouse Accounts Factors/2013/Department of Industry Innovation
Energy Gas Australia 2018/2018/Australian Energy Council.
Energy in Australia 2011/2011/ABARE

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Natural gas, low pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.0 kg —

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Natural gas, burned in >30MW wall fired boiler {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.138632 MJ —
Natural gas, high pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.0 kg —

Elementary flow outputs

Flow CompartmentSub-compartment AmountUnitComment
Carbon dioxide, fossil Emissions to air— 0.5902964947457661 g Distribution fugitives
Methane, fossil Emissions to air— 11.6399786184 g Distribution fugitives

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
NGAF_Adjust 1.0 — Adjustment to meet NGA factors
UAG 2.826 — (2,1,1,1,1,5),% Unaccounted gas in Australia, Energy Supply Association of Australia 2012
CO2DistEmm 0.5902964947457661 CO2Cont*UAG/100*0.55*ED_Naturalgas g/kg Natural Gas
ED_NaturalGas 50.16 — MJ/kg Natural gas
CH4DistEmm 11.6399786184 CH4Cont*UAG/100*0.55*ED_Naturalgas g/kg Natural Gas
CH4Cont 14.93 — (2,1,1,1,1,5),CO2 g/MJ,in Australia, NGA factors 2013
En_NatGasDist 0.0227 — (2,1,1,1,1,5) PJ/PJ gas transmission 14 PJ for 617JP distributed
NGAF_adjustment 1.0 NGAF_Adjust —
CO2Cont 0.757142857 — (2,1,1,1,1,5),CO2 g/MJ,in Australia, NGA factors 2013
NGAF 1.0 — Forces database to be NGA factor compliant for electricity and energy from different fuel types. Not currently compliant with liquid fossil fuel scope 3 emissions