BPCL Numaligarh Refinery (NRL)

BPCL Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) is a refinery in India with a reported capacity of 60,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by State of Assam . By capacity it ranks #17 of 22 oil refineries tracked in India. It emits about 883,918 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 206,041 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 75% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143929.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 60,000 BBL per day ist BPCL Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) unter dem Medianwert von refinery in India (210,000 BBL per day). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 5% über dem Medianwert von refinery. 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 883,918 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 India

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

Operator

Operated by State of Assam .

Local climate

BPCL Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 26.6°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 #17 largest of 22 oil refineries in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Cement Corp of India Bokajan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 88,640 t CO₂
• Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Assam Gas Cracker Project, Lepetkattaa Bangla Block, Assam · Petrochemical · 347,139 t CO₂
• Dibrugarh (Namrup) Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,144 t CO₂
• Namrup Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 66,306 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 26.58068, 93.78909. View on OpenStreetMap.

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