PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company Lanzhou Complex

PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company Lanzhou Complex is a chemical plant in China with a reported capacity of 520,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by PetroChina Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #75 of 157 chemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 1,403,148 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 327,074 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257163.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 520,000 t of chemical ist PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company Lanzhou Complex etwa um dem Medianwert von chemical plant in China (483,735 t of chemical). Untersektor: chemicals. Als chemical plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 100–500°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. Chemieanlagen erzeugen eine breite Palette von Industrie- und Spezialchemikalien, viele erfordern präzise Temperaturkontrolle und nachhaltigen Wärmeeintrag für Reaktionen und Trennungen.

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

What 1,403,148 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 chemical plants in China

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

Operator

Operated by PetroChina Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company Lanzhou Complex sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 36.1°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 #75 largest of 157 chemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• PetroChina Lanzhou Refinery · Refinery · 2,609,706 t CO₂
• PetroChina Lanzhou Chemical Industry, Gansu, Lanzhou · Petrochemical · 1,196,897 t CO₂
• Yongdeng County Yuxiang Lime Factory · Lime Plant · 52,677 t CO₂
• Lanzhou, Gansu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 913,809 t CO₂
• Gansu Sanyi Cement Co., Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 472,116 t CO₂
• Jiugang Group Yuzhong Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 5,344,759 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.10374, 103.63921. View on OpenStreetMap.

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