SK Ulsan Refinery

SK Ulsan Refinery is a refinery in South Korea with a reported capacity of 781,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by SK Inc. By capacity it ranks #1 of 9 oil refineries tracked in South Korea. It emits about 7,295,436 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,700,568 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753673.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 781,000 BBL per day, SK Ulsan Refinery est bien au-dessus de la médiane des refinery en South Korea (256,000 BBL per day). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 65% 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 7,295,436 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 South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by SK Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

SK Ulsan Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.5°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 #1 largest of 9 oil refineries in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• SK geo centric, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,166,343 t CO₂
• KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,220,591 t CO₂
• S-Oil Ulsan, Ulsan · Petrochemical
• S-Oil Onsan Refinery · Refinery · 6,196,517 t CO₂
• S-Oil Onsan Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 470,625 t CO₂
• Moorim Paper Co. Ltd - Moorim P&P · Pulp & Paper Mill · 135,954 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.50091, 129.34926. View on OpenStreetMap.

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