Natural gas, high pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.001
Included processes:Natural gas exploration, production and transmission including infrastructure. Remark: High pressure natural gas supply. Based on weighted average of supply from each state. 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
- —
- Last updated
- 12 Oct 2026
- Reference ID
3b3d331e-3bf5-3a42-be0d-bed1f497f675
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Documentation
- Quantitative reference
- Natural gas, high pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- —
- Creation date
- 05 Oct 1899
- Is copyright protected
- No
- Is infrastructure process
- No
- Tags
- material
- Sources
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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 | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas, high pressure, Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1.0 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas products, at separation plant, Queensland {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 10.454446808510637 | MJ | — |
| Natural gas products, at separation plant, Western Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 15.470446808510637 | MJ | — |
| Natural gas products, at separation plant, bass strait {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 10.765723404255318 | MJ | 756PJ at 39.7MJ/M3 |
| Natural gas products, at separation plant, central Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 13.469382978723402 | MJ | — |
| Natural gas, burned in >30MW wall fired boiler {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 0.60192 | MJ | — |
| Pipeline, natural gas, high pressure distribution network {GLO}| market for pipeline, natural gas, high pressure distribution network | Cut-off, U | 0.0000000008334219858156028 | km | (2,1,1,1,1,3); statistics of distribution |
Elementary flow outputs
| Flow | Compartment | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon dioxide, fossil | Emissions to air | — | 0.02505761047463175 | g | — |
| Methane, fossil | Emissions to air | — | 0.5195874693829786 | g | — |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMCO2 | 0.5000531914893618 | km_Pipeline*CO2perkmPipe/Gas_produced | — |
| Bass_PJ | 242.1 | — | Gas usage for Victoria and Tasmainia. Energy Gas Australia 2012 |
| pipeline_life | 30.0 | — | — |
| Central_Frac | 0.26852836879432623 | Central_PJ/TotalPJ | — |
| NGAF_adjustment | 1.0 | NGAF_Adjust | — |
| CO2perkmPipe | 0.02 | — | (2,1,1,2,1,5) tCO2 per km pipeline transmission NGA factors 2013 |
| En_NatGasTrans | 0.012 | — | (2,1,1,1,1,5)PJ/PJ gas transmission 23.2PJ per 1916 pJ =- Energy in Australia 2011/2011/ABARE |
| WA_PJ | 347.9 | — | Gas usage for Western Australia. Energy Gas Australia 2012 |
| QLD_Frac | 0.20842198581560284 | QLD_PJ/TotalPJ | — |
| km_Pipeline | 28203.0 | — | km of pipeline in Australia Electiricty Gas Australia 2012 |
| ED_NaturalGas | 50.16 | — | MJ/kg Natural gas |
| Gas_produced | 1128.0 | — | PJ 2010-11 produced in Australia Energy Gas Australia 2012 |
| TotalPJ | 1128.0 | Bass_PJ+Central_PJ+WA_PJ+QLD_PJ | — |
| Central_PJ | 302.9 | — | Gas usage for South Australia, NSW, Northern Territory. Energy Gas Australia 2012. These are likely to be different gas basins but with similar emission numbers from the NGA Factors they are grouped together. |
| Bass_Frac | 0.21462765957446808 | Bass_PJ/TotalPJ | — |
| km_pipeline_const | 0.0000000008334219858156028 | km_Pipeline/(Gas_produced*1000000000)/pipeline_life | — |
| NGAF_Adjust | 1.0 | — | Adjustment to meet NGA factors |
| QLD_PJ | 235.1 | — | Gas usage for Queenland. Energy Gas Australia 2012 |
| WA_Frac | 0.3084219858156028 | WA_PJ/TotalPJ | — |
| CH4perkmPipe | 0.4143 | — | (2,1,1,2,1,5) tCH4 per km pipeline transmission NGA factors 2013 |
| EMCH4 | 10.358601861702127 | km_Pipeline*CH4perkmPipe/Gas_produced | — |
| 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 |