Petrochemical in Qatar. Approximate location 25.90228, 51.52616.
PetrochemicalQatarCO₂ reported
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan is a petrochemical in Qatar with a reported capacity of 1,400,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by TotalEnergies SE. By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 petrochemical plants tracked in Qatar. It emits about 1,824,878 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 425,379 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731924.
À 1,400,000 t of ethylene, Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan est bien au-dessus de la médiane des petrochemical en Qatar (900,000 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.
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.
Reported capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by TotalEnergies SE. All facilities by this operator →
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 25.9°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest of 3 petrochemical plants in Qatar by reported capacity.
Coordinates 25.90228, 51.52616. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan is a petrochemical in Qatar. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene.
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan has a reported capacity of 1,400,000 t of ethylene.
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan emits about 1,824,878 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 425,379 cars. That ranks #4 among tracked facilities in Qatar.
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan is in Qatar, near coordinates 25.90228, 51.52616.
Ras Laffan Olefins Co. , Ad-Dahirah,Ras Laffan is operated by TotalEnergies SE.