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El Obeid Refinery

Refinery in Sudan. Approximate location 13.2714, 30.2362.

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El Obeid Refinery is a refinery in Sudan. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by El Obeid Refinery Co.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144126.

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 Sudan

KRC Khartoum Refinery: 100,000 BBL per day100kKRC Kharto…El Obeid Refinery: 0 BBL per day0El Obeid R…

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

Operator

Operated by El Obeid Refinery Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

El Obeid Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 13.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~24°Ctypical annual mean
~34°Ctypical warm-season
Hot desert: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

Location

Coordinates 13.2714, 30.2362. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is El Obeid Refinery?

El Obeid Refinery is a refinery in Sudan. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

Where is El Obeid Refinery located?

El Obeid Refinery is in Sudan, near coordinates 13.2714, 30.2362.

Who operates El Obeid Refinery?

El Obeid Refinery is operated by El Obeid Refinery Co.

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