Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Table 4 – 340-253-8040

Oregon Carbon Intensity Lookup Table for Diesel and Diesel Substitutes

Fuel

Pathway Identifier

Pathway Description

Carbon Intensity Values (gCO2e/MJ)

Direct Lifecycle Emissions

Land Use or Other Indirect Effect

Total Emissions

Diesel

ORULSD001

Clear diesel, based on a weighted average of diesel fuel supplied to Oregon

101.65

-

101.65

ORULSD002

Blended diesel (B5) - 95% clear diesel & 5% soybean biodiesel

99.64

-

99.64

Biodiesel

BIODOR001

Conversion of Midwest soybeans to biodiesel

29.15

29.10

58.25

BIODOR002

Conversion of Used Cooking Oil to biodiesel where "cooking" is required; NW UCO; Oregon production

18.12

-

18.12

BIODOR003

Conversion of tallow to biodiesel; MW tallow; MW production

37.93

-

37.93

BIODOR004

Conversion of canola oil to biodiesel

43.34

14.50

57.84

BIODOR005

Conversion of corn oil to biodiesel

36.89

-

36.89

Renewable Diesel

RNWDOR001

Conversion of soybeans to renewable diesel

23.15

29.10

52.25

RNWDOR002

Conversion of Used Cooking Oil to renewable diesel

19.25

-

19.25

RNWDOR003

Conversion of tallow to renewable diesel

29.96

-

29.96

RNWDOR004

Conversion of canola oil to renewable diesel

35.48

14.50

49.98

RNWDOR005

Conversion of corn oil to renewable diesel

33.64

-

33.64

Compressed Natural Gas

ORCNG001

North American NG delivered via pipeline; compressed in OR

79.93

-

79.93

ORCNG002

Landfill gas (biomethane) cleaned up to pipeline quality NG; compressed in OR

50.26

-

50.26

Liquefied Natural Gas

ORLNG001

North American NG delivered via pipeline; liquefied in OR using liquefaction with 80% efficiency

94.46

-

94.46

ORLNG002

Landfill Gas (bio-methane) to LNG liquefied in OR using liquefaction with 80% efficiency

65.81

-

65.81

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

ORLPG001

Liquefied petroleum gas, crude and natural gas mix

83.05

-

83.05