PHRC Port Harcourt Refinery

PHRC Port Harcourt Refinery is a refinery in Nigeria with a reported capacity of 210,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by NNPC Ltd. By capacity it ranks #2 of 9 oil refineries tracked in Nigeria. It emits about 185,439 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 43,226 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 90% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144039.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 210,000 BBL per day ist PHRC Port Harcourt Refinery deutlich über dem Medianwert von refinery in Nigeria (18,000 BBL per day). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 80% unter 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 185,439 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 Nigeria

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

Operator

Operated by NNPC Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

PHRC Port Harcourt Refinery sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 4.8°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 #2 largest of 9 oil refineries in Nigeria by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• NGA-Port Harcourt_methanol · Chemical Plant · 182,360 t CO₂
• Port Harcourt Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 3,150,986 t CO₂
• Indorama Eleme Petrochemical, Port Harcourt · Petrochemical · 414,464 t CO₂
• Onne (Port Harcourt) Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,643,014 t CO₂
• NGA-Obio/Akpor_methanol · Chemical Plant · 219,041 t CO₂
• Aradel Modular Refinery · Refinery · 48,269 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 4.76379, 7.10067. View on OpenStreetMap.

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