QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 1

QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 1 is a refinery in Qatar with a reported capacity of 160,600 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by QatarEnergy . By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 oil refineries tracked in Qatar. It emits about 1,723,447 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 401,736 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 27% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753734.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 160,600 BBL per day ist QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 1 etwa um dem Medianwert von refinery in Qatar (146,000 BBL per day). 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 1,723,447 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 Qatar

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

Operator

Operated by QatarEnergy .

Local climate

QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 1 sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 25.9°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 #1 largest of 3 oil refineries in Qatar by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• QatarEnergy Laffan Refinery 2 · Refinery · 1,566,770 t CO₂
• Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan · Petrochemical · 1,824,878 t CO₂
• Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,194,208 t CO₂
• Askar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 340,384 t CO₂
• Askar aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 3,506,478 t CO₂
• Bahrain Petroleum Company Refinery · Refinery · 4,006,005 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 25.92077, 51.54222. View on OpenStreetMap.

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