Valero St. Charles Refinery

Valero St. Charles Refinery is a refinery in United States with a reported capacity of 215,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Valero Energy Corp. By capacity it ranks #31 of 134 oil refineries tracked in United States. It emits about 2,821,114 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 657,602 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 56% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753295.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 215,000 BBL per day ist Valero St. Charles Refinery deutlich über dem Medianwert von refinery in United States (93,500 BBL per day). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 36% über dem Medianwert von refinery. 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 2,821,114 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by Valero Energy Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Valero St. Charles Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.0°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 #31 largest of 134 oil refineries in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• HEXION INC. · Chemical Plant · 3,071 t CO₂
• Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La · Petrochemical · 1,940,576 t CO₂
• Shell Norco Refinery · Refinery · 2,264,806 t CO₂
• Air Products and Chemicals - Norco SMR · Chemical Plant · 934,629 t CO₂
• Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility · Chemical Plant · 937,011 t CO₂
• Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. · Petrochemical · 1,269,503 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.00237, -90.4232. View on OpenStreetMap.

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