Irkustsk Oil Company Ust-kut Complex, Ust-kut

Irkustsk Oil Company Ust-kut Complex, Ust-kut is a petrochemical in Russian Federation with a reported capacity of 598,356 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #4 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in Russian Federation.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-53044785.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 598,356 t of ethylene, Irkustsk Oil Company Ust-kut Complex, Ust-kut está muy por encima de la mediana de petrochemical en Russian Federation (420,000 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.

Capacity vs largest petrochemical plants in Russian Federation

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

Local climate

Irkustsk Oil Company Ust-kut Complex, Ust-kut sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 56.8°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 11 petrochemical plants in Russian Federation by reported capacity.

Location

Coordinates 56.8261, 106.00929. View on OpenStreetMap.

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