Varo Cressier Refinery

Varo Cressier Refinery is a refinery in Switzerland with a reported capacity of 68,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Varo Energy BV. It emits about 607,626 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 141,638 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% above the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144131.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 68,000 BBL per day, Varo Cressier Refinery è attorno a la mediana di refinery in Switzerland (68,000 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 607,626 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.

Operator

Operated by Varo Energy BV. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Varo Cressier Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 47.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Cornaux Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 92,839 t CO₂
• Schweizer Zucker Ag / Werk Aarberg · Food & Beverage · 53,324 t CO₂
• Pery La Heutte Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 215,365 t CO₂
• Estavayer Lait Sa · Food & Beverage · 5,861 t CO₂
• Cremo Sa · Food & Beverage · 8,319 t CO₂
• Emmi Schweiz Ag / Betrieb Ostermundigen · Food & Beverage · 53,324 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 47.04148, 7.03633. View on OpenStreetMap.

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