Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Al-Ruwais Refinery

Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Al-Ruwais Refinery is a refinery in United Arab Emirates with a reported capacity of 837,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by OMV AG. By capacity it ranks #1 of 7 oil refineries tracked in United Arab Emirates. It emits about 7,843,838 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,828,400 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144154.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 837,000 BBL per day, Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Al-Ruwais Refinery está muy por encima de la mediana de refinery en United Arab Emirates (80,000 BBL per day). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 60% por encima de la mediana de refinery. Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. Como refinery, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 200–600°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las refinerías calientan, fraccionan y transforman químicamente el petróleo crudo en combustibles y materias primas petroquímicas mediante destilación y craqueo que consumen mucha energía — extremadamente exigentes en generación de vapor y recuperación de calor.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 7,843,838 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 Arab Emirates

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

Operator

Operated by OMV AG. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Al-Ruwais Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.1°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 #1 largest of 7 oil refineries in United Arab Emirates by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Borouge Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. , Ruwais,Abu Dhabi · Petrochemical · 4,562,196 t CO₂
• Q-Chem I , Mesaieed , · Petrochemical · 782,091 t CO₂
• QAPCO, Mesaieed , · Petrochemical · 1,173,136 t CO₂
• Industries Qatar Steel Mesaieed plant · Steel Plant · 1,079,130 t CO₂
• Mesaieed aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,415,342 t CO₂
• QatarEnergy Mesaieed Industrial City Refinery · Refinery · 1,901,899 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.12462, 52.71988. View on OpenStreetMap.

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