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SORAZ Refinery

Refinery in Niger. Approximate location 14.18612, 8.78489.

RefineryNigerCO₂ reported

SORAZ Refinery is a refinery in Niger with a reported capacity of 20,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Government of Nigeria . It emits about 81,557 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,011 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 52% below the median refinery.

20,000BBL per day
81,557t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#3CO₂ rank in Niger
4.08t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40040655.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 20,000 BBL per day, SORAZ Refinery est autour de la médiane des refinery en Niger (20,000 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.

What 81,557 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

19,011cars driven for a year
10,636homes' annual energy use
1,359,283tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Government of Nigeria .

Local climate

SORAZ Refinery sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 14.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

~23°Ctypical annual mean
~31°Ctypical warm-season
Hot semi-arid steppe: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

Location

Coordinates 14.18612, 8.78489. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is SORAZ Refinery?

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

What is the capacity of SORAZ Refinery?

SORAZ Refinery has a reported capacity of 20,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does SORAZ Refinery emit?

SORAZ Refinery emits about 81,557 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,011 cars. That ranks #3 among tracked facilities in Niger.

Where is SORAZ Refinery located?

SORAZ Refinery is in Niger, near coordinates 14.18612, 8.78489.

Who operates SORAZ Refinery?

SORAZ Refinery is operated by Government of Nigeria .

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