SAPREF Durban Refinery

SAPREF Durban Refinery is a refinery in South Africa with a reported capacity of 180,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by CEF SOC Ltd. By capacity it ranks #1 of 4 oil refineries tracked in South Africa.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753779.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 180,000 BBL per day, SAPREF Durban Refinery está muy por encima de la mediana de refinery en South Africa (108,500 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.

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 CEF SOC Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

SAPREF Durban Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.0°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 #1 largest of 4 oil refineries in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Engen Durban Refinery · Refinery
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• Cover-Up Trading (Pty) Ltd · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Kingpark Manufactures Cc · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,602,048 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -29.97342, 31.03469. View on OpenStreetMap.

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