NIORDC Tehran Refinery

NIORDC Tehran Refinery is a refinery in Iran with a reported capacity of 250,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by National Iranian Oil Refining And Distribution Co. By capacity it ranks #6 of 10 oil refineries tracked in Iran. It emits about 1,622,074 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 378,106 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 23% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753621.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 250,000 BBL per day, NIORDC Tehran Refinery está alrededor de la mediana de refinery en Iran (250,000 BBL per day). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 55% 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 1,622,074 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 Iran

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

Operator

Operated by National Iranian Oil Refining And Distribution Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

NIORDC Tehran Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.5°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 #6 largest of 10 oil refineries in Iran by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Marun Petrochemical Co. (7th Olefin complex), Bandar Imam Khommeini,Khuzekstan · Petrochemical · 1,433,833 t CO₂
• Razi Petrochemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,652,424 t CO₂
• Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co. (6th Olefin complex), Bandar Imam Khommeini,Khuzekstan · Petrochemical · 730,164 t CO₂
• Bandar Imam Petrochemical Co. , Bandar Imam Khommeini,Khuzekstan · Petrochemical · 761,008 t CO₂
• IRN-Bandar-e-Mahshahr/Hendijan_methanol · Chemical Plant · 206,298 t CO₂
• Arvand Jahanara Steel Khouzestan plant · Steel Plant · 532,260 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.47427, 49.08377. View on OpenStreetMap.

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