Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires

Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires is a petrochemical in Argentina with a reported capacity of 730,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by The Dow Chemical Company . By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 petrochemical plants tracked in Argentina. It emits about 514,922 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 120,028 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 48% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-732004.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 730,000 t of ethylene ist Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Argentina (730,000 t of ethylene). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 18% unter dem Medianwert von petrochemical. Untersektor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Als petrochemical benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 300–800°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. Petrochemische Anlagen spalten Kohlenwasserstoffe bei sehr hohen Temperaturen auf, um Ethylen, Propylen und andere Basischemikalien zu erzeugen — einer der wärmeintensivsien Industrieprozesse.

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

What 514,922 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 petrochemical plants in Argentina

Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by The Dow Chemical Company .

Local climate

Dow Argentina Bahia Blanca Chemical Complex, Bahia Blanca,Buenos Aires sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 38.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 petrochemical plants in Argentina by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Trafigura Bahia Blanca Refinery · Refinery · 197,773 t CO₂
• ARG-Bahía Blanca_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 13,804 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -38.76584, -62.29041. View on OpenStreetMap.

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