Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander

Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander is a petrochemical in Colombia with a reported capacity of 100,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Ecopetrol SA. It emits about 139,123 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,430 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-732010.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 100,000 t of ethylene, Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander è attorno a la mediana di petrochemical in Colombia (100,000 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 139,123 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.

Operator

Operated by Ecopetrol SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ecopetrol, Barrancabermeja,Santander sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 7.1°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

• Ecopetrol Barrancabaermeja-Santander Refinery · Refinery · 1,519,536 t CO₂
• Nare Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 89,009 t CO₂
• Los Patios Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 344,788 t CO₂
• Cementos Argos Rio Claro Plant · Cement Plant · 294,517 t CO₂
• Nobsa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 669,660 t CO₂
• Cementos del Oriente Sogamoso Plant · Cement Plant · 131,141 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 7.07746, -73.86482. View on OpenStreetMap.

Hot industrial equipment? Cut the heat loss.

Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:

• Up to 96% less heat loss from insulated surfaces
• Surface temperature down to ≤45°C for worker safety
• 6× faster maintenance access — removable and refittable
• Typical payback up to 2 years

See Inzonex process-equipment insulation →

Frequently asked questions