PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex

PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex is a refinery in Venezuela with a reported capacity of 955,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Petróleos de Venezuela SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 oil refineries tracked in Venezuela. It emits about 2,923,919 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 681,566 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 64% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144168.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 955,000 BBL per day ist PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex deutlich über dem Medianwert von refinery in Venezuela (187,000 BBL per day). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 32% 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 2,923,919 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 Venezuela

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

Operator

Operated by Petróleos de Venezuela SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 11.7°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 #1 largest of 3 oil refineries in Venezuela by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Cumarebo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 620,214 t CO₂
• Isla Oil Refinery · Refinery

Location

Coordinates 11.74293, -70.19478. View on OpenStreetMap.

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