Osaka Petrochemical, Takaishi City, Osaka

Osaka Petrochemical, Takaishi City, Osaka is a petrochemical in Japan with a reported capacity of 455,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #10 of 12 petrochemical plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 639,715 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 149,118 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 5% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731956.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 455,000 t of ethylene ist Osaka Petrochemical, Takaishi City, Osaka etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Japan (493,000 t of ethylene). 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 639,715 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 Japan

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

Local climate

Osaka Petrochemical, Takaishi City, Osaka sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.5°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 #10 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• JPN-Takaishi_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 1,066,712 t CO₂
• ENEOS Sakai Refinery · Refinery · 1,206,482 t CO₂
• Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery · Refinery · 855,661 t CO₂
• Osaka Steel Sakai Works · Steel Plant · 199,522 t CO₂
• Kishiwada Steel Osaka Steel Plant · Steel Plant · 28,916 t CO₂
• Nakayama Steel Works Osaka · Steel Plant · 34,700 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.53666, 135.4258. View on OpenStreetMap.

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