YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery

YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery is a refinery in Bolivia with a reported capacity of 40,500 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos Corp. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 oil refineries tracked in Bolivia. It emits about 171,332 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 39,938 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 50% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143746.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 40,500 BBL per day ist YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery etwa um dem Medianwert von refinery in Bolivia (40,500 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 171,332 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 Bolivia

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

Operator

Operated by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 17.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 oil refineries in Bolivia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Irpa Irpa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 450,268 t CO₂
• Caracollo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 547,273 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -17.45325, -66.12377. View on OpenStreetMap.

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