Indorama Ventures Olefins, LLC, Carlyss, La

Indorama Ventures Olefins, LLC, Carlyss, La is a petrochemical in United States with a reported capacity of 440,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Idorama Ventures . By capacity it ranks #32 of 34 petrochemical plants tracked in United States. It emits about 558,581 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 130,205 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648339.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 440,000 t of ethylene, Indorama Ventures Olefins, LLC, Carlyss, La est en dessous de la médiane des petrochemical en United States (1,000,000 t of ethylene). Sous-secteur: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Comme petrochemical, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 300–800°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 usines pétrochimiques craquent les hydrocarbures à des températures très élevées pour produire l'éthylène, le propylène et d'autres produits chimiques de base — l'un des processus industriels les plus intensifs en 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 558,581 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 petrochemical plants in United States

Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Idorama Ventures .

Local climate

Indorama Ventures Olefins, LLC, Carlyss, La sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.2°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 #32 largest of 34 petrochemical plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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Location

Coordinates 30.19183, -93.33069. View on OpenStreetMap.

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