QAPCO, Mesaieed ,

QAPCO, Mesaieed , is a petrochemical in Qatar with a reported capacity of 900,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Industries Qatar QPSC. By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 petrochemical plants tracked in Qatar. It emits about 1,173,136 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 273,458 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731922.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 900,000 t of ethylene ist QAPCO, Mesaieed , etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Qatar (900,000 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 1,173,136 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 Qatar

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

Operator

Operated by Industries Qatar QPSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

QAPCO, Mesaieed , sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.9°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 3 petrochemical plants in Qatar by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Industries Qatar Steel Mesaieed plant · Steel Plant · 1,079,130 t CO₂
• Q-Chem I , Mesaieed , · Petrochemical · 782,091 t CO₂
• Mesaieed aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,415,342 t CO₂
• QatarEnergy Mesaieed Industrial City Refinery · Refinery · 1,901,899 t CO₂
• Bu Ghawlana Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,509,460 t CO₂
• Umm Bab Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,776,078 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.92751, 51.56655. View on OpenStreetMap.

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