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SONARA Limbe Refinery

Refinery in Cameroon. Approximate location 4.01347, 9.12732.

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SONARA Limbe Refinery is a refinery in Cameroon with a reported capacity of 42,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by National Refining Co Ltd.

42,000BBL per day

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143765.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 42,000 BBL per day, SONARA Limbe Refinery est autour de la médiane des refinery en Cameroon (42,000 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.

Operator

Operated by National Refining Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

SONARA Limbe Refinery sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 4.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~28°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical monsoon: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

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

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Location

Coordinates 4.01347, 9.12732. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is SONARA Limbe Refinery?

SONARA Limbe Refinery is a refinery in Cameroon. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of SONARA Limbe Refinery?

SONARA Limbe Refinery has a reported capacity of 42,000 BBL per day.

Where is SONARA Limbe Refinery located?

SONARA Limbe Refinery is in Cameroon, near coordinates 4.01347, 9.12732.

Who operates SONARA Limbe Refinery?

SONARA Limbe Refinery is operated by National Refining Co Ltd.

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