CPC Taoyuan Refinery

CPC Taoyuan Refinery is a refinery in Taiwan with a reported capacity of 200,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by CPC Corporation Taiwan . By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 oil refineries tracked in Taiwan. It emits about 1,597,331 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 372,338 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 5% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144133.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 200,000 BBL per day, CPC Taoyuan Refinery è al di sotto di la mediana di refinery in Taiwan (400,000 BBL per day). 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.

What 1,597,331 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 Taiwan

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

Operator

Operated by CPC Corporation Taiwan .

Local climate

CPC Taoyuan Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 25.0°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 #3 largest of 3 oil refineries in Taiwan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Jing Zhan Industrial Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 10,693 t CO₂
• Evertex Fabrinology Ltd. · Textiles · 10,693 t CO₂
• Taiwan Caoyi Enterprise Corporation · Textiles · 10,693 t CO₂
• Article Golden Source Enterprise Co., Ltd · Textiles · 10,693 t CO₂
• Yon E · Textiles · 10,693 t CO₂
• Hsiang Rong Enterprise Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 10,693 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 25.03486, 121.30951. View on OpenStreetMap.

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