Zhuhai Baota Petrochemical Refinery

Zhuhai Baota Petrochemical Refinery is a refinery in China with a reported capacity of 50,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Baota Petrochemical Group Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #109 of 148 oil refineries tracked in China. It emits about 196,125 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 45,717 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 54% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144192.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 50,000 BBL per day, Zhuhai Baota Petrochemical Refinery está por debajo de la mediana de refinery en China (95,000 BBL per day). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 52% por debajo 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 196,125 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 Baota Petrochemical Group Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Zhuhai Baota Petrochemical Refinery sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 22.0°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 #109 largest of 148 oil refineries in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Zhuhai Yulong Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 958,025 t CO₂
• Zhuhai Lewaunion Spinning Knitting & Dyeing Company Limited (Novetex Textiles Ltd) · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Zhuhai Yueyufeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 5,022,268 t CO₂
• Taltex (Zhuhai) Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Zhuhai Henghong Garment Co. Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Zhuhai Pacific Gain Garment Limited · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 21.99821, 113.21318. View on OpenStreetMap.

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