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CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery

Refinery in Congo. Approximate location -4.73371, 11.84966.

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CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery is a refinery in Congo with a reported capacity of 21,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Congolaise de Raffinage . It emits about 84,472 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,690 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 52% below the median refinery.

21,000BBL per day
84,472t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#4CO₂ rank in Congo
4.02t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143855.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 21,000 BBL per day, CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery est autour de la médiane des refinery en Congo (21,000 BBL per day). 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.

What 84,472 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

19,690cars driven for a year
11,016homes' annual energy use
1,407,867tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Congolaise de Raffinage .

Local climate

CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 4.7°S in the southern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

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 -4.73371, 11.84966. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery?

CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery is a refinery in Congo. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery?

CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery has a reported capacity of 21,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery emit?

CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery emits about 84,472 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,690 cars. That ranks #4 among tracked facilities in Congo.

Where is CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery located?

CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery is in Congo, near coordinates -4.73371, 11.84966.

Who operates CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery?

CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery is operated by Congolaise de Raffinage .

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