BP Bulwer Island Refinery

BP Bulwer Island Refinery is a refinery in Australia. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by BP PLC.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143735.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Sottosettore: oil-and-gas-refining. Come refinery, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 200–600°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. Le raffinerie riscaldano, frazionano e trasformano chimicamente il petrolio greggio in carburanti e materie prime petrolchimiche attraverso distillazione e cracking ad alta intensità energetica — estremamente esigenti per la generazione di vapore e il recupero di calore.

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

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Australia

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

Operator

Operated by BP PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

BP Bulwer Island Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 27.4°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Ampol Lytton Refinery · Refinery · 1,236,766 t CO₂
• Graymont Ltd. Green Bay Brown · Lime Plant · 220,597 t CO₂
• Creative Promo And Apparel Pty Ltd · Textiles · 31,869 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -27.40301, 153.1394. View on OpenStreetMap.

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