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SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery

Refinery in Gabon. Approximate location -0.68148, 8.77609.

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SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is a refinery in Gabon with a reported capacity of 24,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Shell PLC. It emits about 100,694 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 23,472 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 50% below the median refinery.

24,000BBL per day
100,694t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#2CO₂ rank in Gabon
4.20t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753567.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 24,000 BBL per day ist SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery etwa um dem Medianwert von refinery in Gabon (24,000 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 100,694 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

23,472cars driven for a year
13,132homes' annual energy use
1,678,233tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 0.7°S in the southern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: 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 -0.68148, 8.77609. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery?

SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is a refinery in Gabon. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery?

SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery has a reported capacity of 24,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery emit?

SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery emits about 100,694 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 23,472 cars. That ranks #2 among tracked facilities in Gabon.

Where is SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery located?

SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is in Gabon, near coordinates -0.68148, 8.77609.

Who operates SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery?

SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is operated by Shell PLC.

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