Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang

Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang is a petrochemical in France with a reported capacity of 470,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #3 of 6 petrochemical plants tracked in France. It emits about 613,346 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 142,971 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648350.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 470,000 t of ethylene, Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang está alrededor de la mediana de petrochemical en France (470,000 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 613,346 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 France

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

Local climate

Societe du Craqueur de L' Aubette SCA , Berre l'etang sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 43.5°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 #3 largest of 6 petrochemical plants in France by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Bouches-du-Rhône Department · Aluminium Smelter · 47,088 t CO₂
• Chaux De Provence Sacam · Lime Plant · 193,379 t CO₂
• Chaux De La Tour · Lime Plant · 145,882 t CO₂
• INEOS, Lavera · Petrochemical · 927,870 t CO₂
• INEOS Lavera Marseilles Refinery · Refinery · 2,443,631 t CO₂
• La Malle Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 160,723 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.49527, 5.17175. View on OpenStreetMap.

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