BP Gelsenkirchen Refinery

BP Gelsenkirchen Refinery is a refinery in Germany with a reported capacity of 265,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by BP PLC. By capacity it ranks #3 of 14 oil refineries tracked in Germany. It emits about 3,280,904 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 764,779 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 47% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753569.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 265,000 BBL per day ist BP Gelsenkirchen Refinery deutlich über dem Medianwert von refinery in Germany (120,000 BBL per day). Untersektor: oil-and-gas-refining. Als refinery benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 200–600°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Raffinerien wärmen auf, fraktionieren und chemisch transformieren Rohöl durch energieintensive Destillation und Cracken in Brennstoffe und petrochemische Rohstoffe — extrem anspruchsvoll für Dampfzeugung und Wärmenutzung.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 3,280,904 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Germany

Reported capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by BP PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

BP Gelsenkirchen Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 14 oil refineries in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• BP Gelsenkirchen , Gelsenkirchen · Petrochemical · 1,345,411 t CO₂
• Essen aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 183,833 t CO₂
• TRIMET Aluminium SE · Metals Plant · 283,000 t CO₂
• Deichmann Se · Textiles · 22,447 t CO₂
• ThyssenKrupp Steel Duisburg steel plant · Steel Plant · 17,975,297 t CO₂
• ArcelorMittal Duisburg steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,191,933 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.59666, 7.02499. View on OpenStreetMap.

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