Gunvor BRC Antwerp Refinery

Gunvor BRC Antwerp Refinery is a refinery in Belgium. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Gunvor Group .

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143744.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

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.

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Belgium

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

Operator

Operated by Gunvor Group .

Local climate

Gunvor BRC Antwerp Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.3°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

• Antwerp Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 133,500 t CO₂
• BASF Antwerpen, NV Antwerp · Petrochemical · 1,409,392 t CO₂
• Cargill · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Total Antwerp Refinery · Refinery · 3,690,004 t CO₂
• Boortmalt · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Tecoma · Food & Beverage · 63,282 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.33369, 4.2904. View on OpenStreetMap.

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