SABIC Europe , Geleen (No. 4)

SABIC Europe , Geleen (No. 4) is a petrochemical in Netherlands with a reported capacity of 1,310,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Saudi Basic Industries Corp. By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 petrochemical plants tracked in Netherlands. It emits about 1,709,540 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 398,494 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648366.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,310,000 t of ethylene, SABIC Europe , Geleen (No. 4) está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en Netherlands (1,310,000 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.

What 1,709,540 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 petrochemical plants in Netherlands

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

Operator

Operated by Saudi Basic Industries Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

SABIC Europe , Geleen (No. 4) sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.0°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 #2 largest of 3 petrochemical plants in Netherlands by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Chemelot-Geleen Fertilizers facility · Chemical Plant · 1,333,822 t CO₂
• Frieslandcampina Born · Food & Beverage · 46,589 t CO₂
• Aperam Stainless Belgium Genk steel plant · Steel Plant · 202,403 t CO₂
• Deliva · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Slachthuis Genk · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Lixhe Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 288,016 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.95591, 5.78898. View on OpenStreetMap.

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