Tesoro Carson Refinery

Tesoro Carson Refinery is a refinery in United States with a reported capacity of 365,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Marathon Petroleum Corp. By capacity it ranks #10 of 134 oil refineries tracked in United States. It emits about 4,764,651 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,110,641 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 55% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753274.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 365,000 BBL per day, Tesoro Carson Refinery está muy por encima de la mediana de refinery en United States (93,500 BBL per day). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 35% por encima 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 4,764,651 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by Marathon Petroleum Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Tesoro Carson Refinery sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 33.8°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 #10 largest of 134 oil refineries in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• AIR PRODUCTS CARSON HYDROGEN PLANT · Chemical Plant · 711,593 t CO₂
• Los Angeles Refinery (LAR) · Chemical Plant · 910,742 t CO₂
• Phillips 66 Wilmington Refinery · Refinery · 1,814,484 t CO₂
• Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery - Carson Plant · Chemical Plant · 290,529 t CO₂
• Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant Refinery · Refinery · 43,705 t CO₂
• ECO SERVICES DOMINGUEZ · Chemical Plant · 35,491 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 33.81858, -118.23668. View on OpenStreetMap.

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