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JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex)

Chemical Plant in Russian Federation. Approximate location 53.66457, 55.94483.

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JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) is a chemical plant in Russian Federation with a reported capacity of 1,800,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Bashkir Soda Company OJSC. By capacity it ranks #5 of 39 chemical plants tracked in Russian Federation. It emits about 688,498 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 160,489 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

1,800,000t of chemical
688,498t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#87CO₂ rank in Russian Federation
0.38t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257241.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,800,000 t of chemical, JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) está muy por encima de la mediana de chemical plant en Russian Federation (620,328 t of chemical). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 66% por debajo de la mediana de chemical plant. Subsector: chemicals. Como chemical plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 100–500°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 químicas producen una amplia gama de químicos industriales y especializados, muchos requiriendo control preciso de temperatura e input de calor sostenido para reacciones y separaciones.

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 688,498 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

160,489cars driven for a year
89,788homes' annual energy use
11,474,967tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in Russian Federation

Togliatti Chemical Complex: 3,600,000 t of chemical3.6MTogliatti …Togliattiazot: 3,265,870 t of chemical3.3MTogliattia…RUS-Novgorodskiy rayon_ammonia: 2,712,408 t of chemical2.7MRUS-Novgor…RUS-Cherepovetskiy rayon_ammonia: 2,547,876 t of chemical2.5MRUS-Cherep…JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex): 1,800,000 t of chemical1.8MJSC Bashki…RUS-Sterlitamakskiy rayon_methanol: 1,721,016 t of chemical1.7MRUS-Sterli…RUS-Shchekinskiy rayon_ammonia: 1,383,280 t of chemical1.4MRUS-Shchek…Novomoskovskiy Azot Ammonia/Urea Chemical Complex: 1,350,000 t of chemical1.4MNovomoskov…

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

Operator

Operated by Bashkir Soda Company OJSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 53.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #5 largest of 39 chemical plants in Russian Federation by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 53.66457, 55.94483. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A chemical plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–500 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 17,000 MWh/yr (≈ 3,500 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex)?

JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) is a chemical plant in Russian Federation. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.

What is the capacity of JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex)?

JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) has a reported capacity of 1,800,000 t of chemical.

How much CO₂ does JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) emit?

JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) emits about 688,498 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 160,489 cars. That ranks #87 among tracked facilities in Russian Federation.

Where is JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) located?

JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) is in Russian Federation, near coordinates 53.66457, 55.94483.

Who operates JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex)?

JSC Bashkir Soda Company (Kaustik Complex) is operated by Bashkir Soda Company OJSC.

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