Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling

Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling is a petrochemical in Germany with a reported capacity of 1,040,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by LyondellBasell Industries NV. By capacity it ranks #3 of 9 petrochemical plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 1,527,827 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 356,137 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 9% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648352.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,040,000 t of ethylene, Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling está muy por encima de la mediana de petrochemical en Germany (565,000 t of ethylene). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 13% por encima de la mediana de petrochemical. Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Como petrochemical, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 300–800°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 plantas petroquímicas agrietan hidrocarburos a temperaturas muy altas para producir etileno, propileno y otros químicos básicos — uno de los procesos industriales más intensivos en 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 1,527,827 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 petrochemical plants in Germany

Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by LyondellBasell Industries NV. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.8°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 #3 largest of 9 petrochemical plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shell & DEA Oil GMBH , Wesseling · Petrochemical · 388,702 t CO₂
• Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery · Refinery · 4,197,080 t CO₂
• Kampffmeyer Mühlen Gmbh, Werk Ellmühle · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Pfeifer & Langen Gmbh & Co. Kg Werk Euskirchen · Food & Beverage · 122,876 t CO₂
• INEOS , Dormagen · Petrochemical · 1,696,769 t CO₂
• INEOS Nitriles Cologne · Chemical Plant · 785,810 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.83333, 6.96694. View on OpenStreetMap.

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