Ethane, New South Wales {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.001
Included processes:Natural gas exploration, production and transmission including infrastructure. Remark: Ethane supply from central Australia. Based on weighted average of supply to the 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
466f0c5d-5947-373e-8de7-f2bab514386a
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Documentation
- Quantitative reference
- Ethane, New South Wales {AU}| | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- —
- 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 | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethane, New South Wales {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1.0 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas products, at separation plant, central Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 47.400158855758896 | MJ | — |
| Natural gas, burned in >30MW wall fired boiler {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 0.05569947902430204 | MJ | — |
| Pipeline, natural gas, high pressure distribution network {GLO}| market for pipeline, natural gas, high pressure distribution network | Cut-off, U | 0.0000000005603779155594921 | 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 | — | 0.0015606378976694018 | g | — |
| Methane, fossil | Emissions to air | — | 0.03232861405022166 | g | — |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| km_pipeline_const | 0.0000000005603779155594921 | km_Pipeline/(Gas_produced*1000000000)/pipeline_life | — |
| 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 (left as a proxy) |
| EMCH4 | 6.964937112488928 | km_Pipeline*CH4perkmPipe/Gas_produced | mg per MJ or t per PJ |
| ED_NaturalGas | 50.16 | — | MJ/kg Natural gas |
| 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 |
| CH4perkmPipe | 0.4143 | — | (2,1,1,2,1,5) tCH4 per km pipeline transmission NGA factors 2013 |
| pipeline_life | 30.0 | — | — |
| EDV_Ethane | 60.97 | — | MJ/M3, Energy density. |
| NGAF_Adjust | 0.097924213 | — | Adjustment to meet NGA factors |
| EMCO2 | 0.3362267493356953 | km_Pipeline*CO2perkmPipe/Gas_produced | mg per MJ or t per PJ |
| NGAF_adjustment | 0.097924213 | iff(NGAF=1;NGAF_Adjust;1) | — |
| km_Pipeline | 3796.0 | — | km of pipeline in Victoria Electiricty Gas Australia 2012 |
| Gas_produced | 225.8 | — | PJ 2010-11 produced in Victoria Electiricty Gas Australia 2012 |
| ED_Ethane | 47.400158855758896 | EDV_Ethane/d_ethane | MJ/kg ethane |
| d_ethane | 1.286282609 | — | kg/M3 |
| CO2perkmPipe | 0.02 | — | (2,1,1,2,1,5) tCO2 per km pipeline transmission NGA factors 2013 |