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BP Bulwer Island Refinery

Refinery in Australia. Approximate location -27.40301, 153.1394.

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BP Bulwer Island Refinery is a refinery in Australia. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by BP PLC.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143735.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

Sous-secteur: oil-and-gas-refining. Comme refinery, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 200–600°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les raffineries chauffent, fractionnent et transforment chimiquement le pétrole brut en combustibles et matières premières pétrochimiques par distillation et craquage gourmands en énergie — extrêmement exigeants pour la génération de vapeur et la récupération de chaleur.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Australia

Viva Geelong Refinery: 120,000 BBL per day120kViva Geelo…Ampol Lytton Refinery: 109,000 BBL per day109kAmpol Lytt…BP Bulwer Island Refinery: 0 BBL per day0BP Bulwer …ExxonMobil Altona Refinery: 0 BBL per day0ExxonMobil…BP Kwinana Refinery: 0 BBL per day0BP Kwinana…

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

Operator

Operated by BP PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

BP Bulwer Island Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 27.4°S in the southern hemisphere.

~18°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Humid subtropical: hot summers and mild winters

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates -27.40301, 153.1394. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is BP Bulwer Island Refinery?

BP Bulwer Island Refinery is a refinery in Australia. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

Where is BP Bulwer Island Refinery located?

BP Bulwer Island Refinery is in Australia, near coordinates -27.40301, 153.1394.

Who operates BP Bulwer Island Refinery?

BP Bulwer Island Refinery is operated by BP PLC.

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