YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery

YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery is a refinery in Bolivia with a reported capacity of 40,500 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos Corp. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 oil refineries tracked in Bolivia. It emits about 171,332 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 39,938 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 50% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143746.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 40,500 BBL per day, YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery est autour de la médiane des refinery en Bolivia (40,500 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 171,332 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 Bolivia

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

Operator

Operated by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

YPFB Gualberto Villarael Cochabamba Refinery sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 17.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 oil refineries in Bolivia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Irpa Irpa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 450,268 t CO₂
• Caracollo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 547,273 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -17.45325, -66.12377. View on OpenStreetMap.

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