Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Assam Gas Cracker Project, Lepetkattaa Bangla Block, Assam

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Assam Gas Cracker Project, Lepetkattaa Bangla Block, Assam is a petrochemical in India with a reported capacity of 200,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by GAIL Ltd. By capacity it ranks #10 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in India. It emits about 347,139 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 80,918 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 29% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40691243.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 200,000 t of ethylene, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Assam Gas Cracker Project, Lepetkattaa Bangla Block, Assam está por debajo de la mediana de petrochemical en India (800,000 t of ethylene). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 31% 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 347,139 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 India

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

Operator

Operated by GAIL Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) Assam Gas Cracker Project, Lepetkattaa Bangla Block, Assam sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 27.4°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 #10 largest of 11 petrochemical plants in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Dibrugarh (Namrup) Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,144 t CO₂
• Namrup Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 66,306 t CO₂
• IOCL Digboi Refinery · Refinery · 227,985 t CO₂
• BPCL Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) · Refinery · 883,918 t CO₂
• Cement Corp of India Bokajan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 88,640 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.38246, 94.87416. View on OpenStreetMap.

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