Shell Norco Refinery

Shell Norco Refinery is a refinery in United States with a reported capacity of 233,702 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Shell PLC. By capacity it ranks #28 of 134 oil refineries tracked in United States. It emits about 2,264,806 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 527,927 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 15% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753293.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 233,702 BBL per day, Shell Norco Refinery è ben al di sopra di la mediana di refinery in United States (93,500 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 2,264,806 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shell Norco Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.0°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 #28 largest of 134 oil refineries in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility · Chemical Plant · 937,011 t CO₂
• Air Products and Chemicals - Norco SMR · Chemical Plant · 934,629 t CO₂
• Valero St. Charles Refinery · Refinery · 2,821,114 t CO₂
• HEXION INC. · Chemical Plant · 3,071 t CO₂
• Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La · Petrochemical · 1,940,576 t CO₂
• Valero Refining - New Orleans, L.L.C. · Chemical Plant · 564,087 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.00172, -90.40413. View on OpenStreetMap.

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