Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals , Sarnia,Ontario

Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals , Sarnia,Ontario is a petrochemical in Canada with a reported capacity of 300,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Exxon Mobil Corp. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 petrochemical plants tracked in Canada. It emits about 438,077 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 102,116 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-732022.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 300,000 t of ethylene, Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals , Sarnia,Ontario está por debajo de la mediana de petrochemical en Canada (1,800,000 t of ethylene). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 24% 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 438,077 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 Canada

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

Operator

Operated by Exxon Mobil Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals , Sarnia,Ontario sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 43.0°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 #4 largest of 4 petrochemical plants in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Imperial Oil Sarnia Refinery · Refinery · 1,625,111 t CO₂
• Suncor Sarnia Refinery · Refinery · 848,610 t CO₂
• Smith Meat Packing, Inc. · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Shell Corunna Refinery · Refinery · 848,610 t CO₂
• Nova Chemicals Corp. Corunna, Sarnia,Ontario · Petrochemical · 2,099,079 t CO₂
• Vintage Point · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.95917, -82.41476. View on OpenStreetMap.

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