Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate

Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate is a petrochemical in Iraq with a reported capacity of 132,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It emits about 177,793 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 41,444 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731918.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 132,000 t of ethylene, Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate è attorno a la mediana di petrochemical in Iraq (132,000 t of ethylene). Sottosettore: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Come petrochemical, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 300–800°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Gli impianti petrolchimici scindono gli idrocarburi a temperature molto elevate per produrre etilene, propilene e altri prodotti chimici di base — uno dei processi industriali più intensivi dal punto di vista termico.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 177,793 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.

Local climate

Basrah Petrochemical Complex, Al-Zubair,Basra Governorate sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• INOC Basrah Refinery · Refinery · 1,061,446 t CO₂
• Al Anmaa Basra steel plant · Steel Plant · 147,726 t CO₂
• NIORDC Abadan Refinery · Refinery · 4,328,496 t CO₂
• Arvand Jahanara Steel Khouzestan plant · Steel Plant · 532,260 t CO₂
• Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co. (6th Olefin complex), Bandar Imam Khommeini,Khuzekstan · Petrochemical · 730,164 t CO₂
• NIORDC Tehran Refinery · Refinery · 1,622,074 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.3275, 47.72722. View on OpenStreetMap.

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