Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate

Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate is a petrochemical in Iraq with a reported capacity of 132,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It emits about 177,793 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 41,444 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731918.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 132,000 t of ethylene, Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en Iraq (132,000 t of ethylene). 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 177,793 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.

Local climate

Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• INOC Basrah Refinery · Refinery · 1,061,446 t CO₂
• Al Anmaa Basra steel plant · Steel Plant · 147,726 t CO₂
• NIORDC Abadan Refinery · Refinery · 4,328,496 t CO₂
• Arvand Jahanara Steel Khouzestan plant · Steel Plant · 532,260 t CO₂
• Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co. (6th Olefin complex), Bandar Imam Khommeini,Khuzekstan · Petrochemical · 730,164 t CO₂
• NIORDC Tehran Refinery · Refinery · 1,622,074 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.3275, 47.72722. View on OpenStreetMap.

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