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RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery

Refinery in Costa Rica. Approximate location 9.99167, -83.09243.

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RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is a refinery in Costa Rica. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753535.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

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.

Operator

Operated by Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 10.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical rainforest: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

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Location

Coordinates 9.99167, -83.09243. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery?

RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is a refinery in Costa Rica. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

Where is RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery located?

RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is in Costa Rica, near coordinates 9.99167, -83.09243.

Who operates RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery?

RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is operated by Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA.

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