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OMV Schwechat Refinery

Refinery in Austria. Approximate location 48.14442, 16.49968.

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OMV Schwechat Refinery is a refinery in Austria with a reported capacity of 204,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by OMV AG. It emits about 2,563,595 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 597,575 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 49% above the median refinery.

204,000BBL per day
2,563,595t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#2CO₂ rank in Austria
12.57t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143736.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 204,000 BBL per day, OMV Schwechat Refinery est autour de la médiane des refinery en Austria (204,000 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 2,563,595 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

597,575cars driven for a year
334,324homes' annual energy use
42,726,583tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Operator

Operated by OMV AG. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

OMV Schwechat Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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 48.14442, 16.49968. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is OMV Schwechat Refinery?

OMV Schwechat Refinery is a refinery in Austria. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of OMV Schwechat Refinery?

OMV Schwechat Refinery has a reported capacity of 204,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does OMV Schwechat Refinery emit?

OMV Schwechat Refinery emits about 2,563,595 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 597,575 cars. That ranks #2 among tracked facilities in Austria.

Where is OMV Schwechat Refinery located?

OMV Schwechat Refinery is in Austria, near coordinates 48.14442, 16.49968.

Who operates OMV Schwechat Refinery?

OMV Schwechat Refinery is operated by OMV AG.

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