Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery

Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery is a refinery in Germany with a reported capacity of 339,000 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 #1 of 14 oil refineries tracked in Germany. It emits about 4,197,080 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 978,340 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 47% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143897.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 339,000 BBL per day, Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery è ben al di sopra di la mediana di refinery in Germany (120,000 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 4,197,080 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 Germany

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 Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.9°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 #1 largest of 14 oil refineries in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shell & DEA Oil GMBH , Wesseling · Petrochemical · 388,702 t CO₂
• Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling · Petrochemical · 1,527,827 t CO₂
• Kampffmeyer Mühlen Gmbh, Werk Ellmühle · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• INEOS , Dormagen · Petrochemical · 1,696,769 t CO₂
• INEOS Nitriles Cologne · Chemical Plant · 785,810 t CO₂
• Pfeifer & Langen Gmbh & Co. Kg Werk Euskirchen · Food & Beverage · 122,876 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.8608, 6.98656. View on OpenStreetMap.

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