Petrochemical in France. Approximate location 43.49527, 5.17175.
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Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang is a petrochemical in France with a reported capacity of 470,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #3 of 6 petrochemical plants tracked in France. It emits about 613,346 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 142,971 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648350.
Bei 470,000 t of ethylene ist Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in France (470,000 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.
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.
Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 43.5°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #3 largest of 6 petrochemical plants in France by reported capacity.
Coordinates 43.49527, 5.17175. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang is a petrochemical in France. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene.
Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang has a reported capacity of 470,000 t of ethylene.
Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang emits about 613,346 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 142,971 cars. That ranks #17 among tracked facilities in France.
Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang is in France, near coordinates 43.49527, 5.17175.