Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery

Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery is a refinery in China with a reported capacity of 100,500 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #62 of 148 oil refineries tracked in China. It emits about 1,248,931 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 291,126 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 47% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-712361.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 100,500 BBL per day, Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery está alrededor de la mediana de refinery en China (95,000 BBL per day). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 51% 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 1,248,931 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 36.7°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 #62 largest of 148 oil refineries in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Yanan (Fuxian) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 4,650,585 t CO₂
• Yanchang Yongping Refinery · Refinery · 1,118,446 t CO₂
• Tongchuan Shengwei Building Materials Co., Ltd. Ansai Branch. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Yichuan aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,190,077 t CO₂
• Shilou County Julong Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Wubao Jidong Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 351,307 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.68536, 109.84836. View on OpenStreetMap.

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