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MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery

Refinery in Slovakia. Approximate location 48.12126, 17.18012.

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MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery is a refinery in Slovakia with a reported capacity of 124,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by MOL Group . It emits about 1,397,127 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 325,671 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 34% above the median refinery.

124,000BBL per day
1,397,127t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#2CO₂ rank in Slovakia
11.27t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-712620.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 124,000 BBL per day, MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery è attorno a la mediana di refinery in Slovakia (124,000 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 1,397,127 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

325,671cars driven for a year
182,202homes' annual energy use
23,285,450tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by MOL Group .

Local climate

MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 48.12126, 17.18012. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery?

MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery is a refinery in Slovakia. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery?

MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery has a reported capacity of 124,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery emit?

MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery emits about 1,397,127 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 325,671 cars. That ranks #2 among tracked facilities in Slovakia.

Where is MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery located?

MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery is in Slovakia, near coordinates 48.12126, 17.18012.

Who operates MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery?

MOL Slovnaft Bratislava Refinery is operated by MOL Group .

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