Platon Gas Oil Refnery

Platon Gas Oil Refnery is a refinery in Ghana with a reported capacity of 2,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 oil refineries tracked in Ghana. It emits about 8,409 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,960 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 50% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40040658.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 2,000 BBL per day, Platon Gas Oil Refnery è al di sotto di la mediana di refinery in Ghana (40,000 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 8,409 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 Ghana

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

Local climate

Platon Gas Oil Refnery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 5.7°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 #4 largest of 4 oil refineries in Ghana by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• TOR Tema Refinery · Refinery
• Sentuo Steel Tema plant · Steel Plant · 66,315 t CO₂
• Tema Aluminum Smelter & Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 417,947 t CO₂
• Sentuo Refinery · Refinery · 277,714 t CO₂
• Tema aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 89,551 t CO₂
• Akwaaba Link Investment Refinery · Refinery · 25,227 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 5.6717, 6e-05. View on OpenStreetMap.

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