Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander

Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander is a petrochemical in Colombia with a reported capacity of 100,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Ecopetrol SA. It emits about 139,123 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,430 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-732010.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 100,000 t of ethylene, Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en Colombia (100,000 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 139,123 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.

Operator

Operated by Ecopetrol SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 7.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Ecopetrol Barrancabaermeja-Santander Refinery · Refinery · 1,519,536 t CO₂
• Nare Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 89,009 t CO₂
• Los Patios Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 344,788 t CO₂
• Cementos Argos Rio Claro Plant · Cement Plant · 294,517 t CO₂
• Nobsa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 669,660 t CO₂
• Cementos del Oriente Sogamoso Plant · Cement Plant · 131,141 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 7.07746, -73.86482. View on OpenStreetMap.

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