Natref Sasolburg Refinery

Natref Sasolburg Refinery is a refinery in South Africa with a reported capacity of 108,500 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Sasol . By capacity it ranks #2 of 4 oil refineries tracked in South Africa. It emits about 771,500 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 179,837 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 16% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753782.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 108,500 BBL per day, Natref Sasolburg Refinery está alrededor de la mediana de refinery en South Africa (108,500 BBL per day). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 11% por debajo de la mediana de refinery. 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 771,500 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 oil refineries in South Africa

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

Operator

Operated by Sasol .

Local climate

Natref Sasolburg Refinery sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 26.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 4 oil refineries in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sasol Polymers Sasolburg, Sasolburg · Petrochemical · 197,367 t CO₂
• ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works · Steel Plant · 4,161,451 t CO₂
• ZAF-Fezile Dabi_methanol · Chemical Plant · 52,157 t CO₂
• Scaw Metals Group Germiston plant · Steel Plant · 493,095 t CO₂
• Pretoria Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,414 t CO₂
• Sasol Polymers Secunda, Secunda · Petrochemical · 1,151,305 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -26.80628, 27.85592. View on OpenStreetMap.

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