Holborn Hamburg Refinery

Holborn Hamburg Refinery is a refinery in Germany with a reported capacity of 105,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Oilinvest Group OÜ. By capacity it ranks #9 of 14 oil refineries tracked in Germany. It emits about 998,743 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 232,807 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 13% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143902.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 105,000 BBL per day, Holborn Hamburg Refinery è attorno a la mediana di refinery in Germany (120,000 BBL per day). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 23% al di sotto di la mediana di refinery. 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 998,743 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by Oilinvest Group OÜ. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Holborn Hamburg Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 53.5°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 #9 largest of 14 oil refineries in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Nynas Hamburg Refinery · Refinery
• Hamburg aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 144,904 t CO₂
• TRIMET Aluminium SE, Niederlassung Hamburg · Metals Plant · 223,000 t CO₂
• ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant · Steel Plant · 822,412 t CO₂
• Aurubis AG · Metals Plant · 164,000 t CO₂
• Aluminium Oxid Stade GmbH (AOS) Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 1,278,896 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 53.47793, 9.95065. View on OpenStreetMap.

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