Novatek Ust Luga Refinery

Novatek Ust Luga Refinery is a refinery in Russian Federation with a reported capacity of 120,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Volga Group . By capacity it ranks #27 of 38 oil refineries tracked in Russian Federation. It emits about 718,742 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 167,539 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 29% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753958.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 120,000 BBL per day, Novatek Ust Luga Refinery è al di sotto di la mediana di refinery in Russian Federation (150,000 BBL per day). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 22% 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 718,742 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 Russian Federation

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

Operator

Operated by Volga Group .

Local climate

Novatek Ust Luga Refinery sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 59.7°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 #27 largest of 38 oil refineries in Russian Federation by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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Location

Coordinates 59.71349, 28.43387. View on OpenStreetMap.

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