Waltersmith Modular Refinery

Waltersmith Modular Refinery is a refinery in Nigeria with a reported capacity of 5,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Waltersmith Petroman Oil Ltd. By capacity it ranks #8 of 9 oil refineries tracked in Nigeria. It emits about 21,940 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 5,114 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 48% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40040661.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 5,000 BBL per day, Waltersmith Modular Refinery est en dessous de la médiane des refinery en Nigeria (18,000 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 21,940 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 Nigeria

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

Operator

Operated by Waltersmith Petroman Oil Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Waltersmith Modular Refinery sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 5.3°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 #8 largest of 9 oil refineries in Nigeria by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Aradel Modular Refinery · Refinery · 48,269 t CO₂
• NGA-Obio/Akpor_methanol · Chemical Plant · 219,041 t CO₂
• Indorama Eleme Petrochemical, Port Harcourt · Petrochemical · 414,464 t CO₂
• Port Harcourt Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 3,150,986 t CO₂
• Onne (Port Harcourt) Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,643,014 t CO₂
• NGA-Port Harcourt_methanol · Chemical Plant · 182,360 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 5.31382, 6.87799. View on OpenStreetMap.

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