Petrobras RNEST Refinery

Petrobras RNEST Refinery is a refinery in Brazil with a reported capacity of 88,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Petróleo Brasileiro SA. By capacity it ranks #9 of 13 oil refineries tracked in Brazil. It emits about 1,231,295 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 287,015 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 66% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143757.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 88,000 BBL per day, Petrobras RNEST Refinery est en dessous de la médiane des refinery en Brazil (170,000 BBL per day). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 28% au-dessus de la médiane des refinery. 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 1,231,295 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 oil refineries in Brazil

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

Operator

Operated by Petróleo Brasileiro SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Petrobras RNEST Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen As), at 8.4°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #9 largest of 13 oil refineries in Brazil by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Babilônia Indústria E Comércio De Confecções Ltda. · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• Alpargatas S.A. · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
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• Pitimbu Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 562,945 t CO₂
• Alhandra Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 611,270 t CO₂
• Pinheiro Aviamentos Ltda · Textiles · 302 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -8.37941, -35.01788. View on OpenStreetMap.

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