Hyundai Lotte Daesan Condensate Splitter

Hyundai Lotte Daesan Condensate Splitter is a refinery in South Korea with a reported capacity of 158,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Hyundai Oilbank Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #7 of 9 oil refineries tracked in South Korea. It emits about 895,888 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 208,832 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 33% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-712778.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 158,000 BBL per day, Hyundai Lotte Daesan Condensate Splitter è al di sotto di la mediana di refinery in South Korea (256,000 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 895,888 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 South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Hyundai Oilbank Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Hyundai Lotte Daesan Condensate Splitter sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 37.0°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 #7 largest of 9 oil refineries in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hyundai Chemical, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,152,780 t CO₂
• Hyundai Oilbank Daesan Refinery · Refinery · 5,778,641 t CO₂
• LG Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,763,076 t CO₂
• Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,491,834 t CO₂
• Hanwha Total Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 946,920 t CO₂
• Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical, Daesan · Petrochemical · 2,068,224 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.00846, 126.39349. View on OpenStreetMap.

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