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Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery

Refinery in Laos. Approximate location 18.02155, 102.74637.

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Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery is a refinery in Laos with a reported capacity of 20,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Lao-China JV Investment . It emits about 91,347 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 21,293 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 46% below the median refinery.

20,000BBL per day
91,347t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#10CO₂ rank in Laos
4.57t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753948.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 20,000 BBL per day, Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery está alrededor de la mediana de refinery en Laos (20,000 BBL per day). 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.

What 91,347 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

21,293cars driven for a year
11,913homes' annual energy use
1,522,450tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Operator

Operated by Lao-China JV Investment .

Local climate

Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 18.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 18.02155, 102.74637. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery?

Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery is a refinery in Laos. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery?

Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery has a reported capacity of 20,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery emit?

Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery emits about 91,347 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 21,293 cars. That ranks #10 among tracked facilities in Laos.

Where is Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery located?

Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery is in Laos, near coordinates 18.02155, 102.74637.

Who operates Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery?

Lao Petroleum and Chemical Company Refinery is operated by Lao-China JV Investment .

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