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Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery

Refinery in El Salvador. Approximate location 13.56718, -89.82771.

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Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery is a refinery in El Salvador with a reported capacity of 22,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It emits about 94,476 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 22,022 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 49% below the median refinery.

22,000BBL per day
94,476t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#3CO₂ rank in El Salvador
4.29t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143879.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 22,000 BBL per day, Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery è attorno a la mediana di refinery in El Salvador (22,000 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 94,476 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

22,022cars driven for a year
12,321homes' annual energy use
1,574,600tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Local climate

Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 13.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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 13.56718, -89.82771. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery?

Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery is a refinery in El Salvador. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming.

What is the capacity of Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery?

Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery has a reported capacity of 22,000 BBL per day.

How much CO₂ does Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery emit?

Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery emits about 94,476 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 22,022 cars. That ranks #3 among tracked facilities in El Salvador.

Where is Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery located?

Puma Energy Acajutla Refinery is in El Salvador, near coordinates 13.56718, -89.82771.

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