Sonatrach Skikda Refinery

Sonatrach Skikda Refinery is a refinery in Algeria with a reported capacity of 332,260 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Sonatrach SpA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 6 oil refineries tracked in Algeria. It emits about 3,319,868 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 773,862 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143716.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 332,260 BBL per day, Sonatrach Skikda Refinery est bien au-dessus de la médiane des refinery en Algeria (75,513 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 3,319,868 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 Algeria

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

Operator

Operated by Sonatrach SpA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Sonatrach Skikda Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.9°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 6 oil refineries in Algeria by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sonatrach Skikda Condensate Refinery · Refinery · 553,039 t CO₂
• Sonatrach Skikda, Skikda · Petrochemical · 149,667 t CO₂
• Bekkouche Lakhdar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 268,328 t CO₂
• Didouche Mourad Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,687 t CO₂
• Sider El Hadjar Annaba steel plant · Steel Plant · 951,644 t CO₂
• Algerian Qatari Steel Jijel plant · Steel Plant · 908,258 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.87311, 6.97438. View on OpenStreetMap.

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