Astron Capetown Refinery

Astron Capetown Refinery is a refinery in South Africa with a reported capacity of 100,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. By capacity it ranks #3 of 4 oil refineries tracked in South Africa. It emits about 795,914 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 185,528 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144113.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

100,000 BBL per dayで、Astron Capetown RefineryはSouth Africaのrefineryの中央値約 108,500 BBL per dayです。 サブセクター：oil-and-gas-refining。 refineryとして、その中核的な産業操業に対して激しいプロセス熱（通常200–600°C）が必要です。この熱はボイラー、炉、または直接燃焼によって供給される必要があり、未断熱容器および配管からの損失は無駄な燃料を表します。モジュール式脱着可能な断熱は、これらの損失を80～96%削減でき、表面を≤45°Cに冷却でき、回収期間は通常2年未満です。 製油所は、エネルギー集約的な蒸留とクラッキングを通じて原油を燃料および石油化学原料に加熱、分留および化学的に変換します。蒸気発生および熱回収に非常に要求されています。

容量およびCO₂強度の比較はClimate TRACEの産業施設データから計算されました。セクターの役割は工学リファレンスに基づいています。

What 795,914 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 South Africa

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

Local climate

Astron Capetown Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 33.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 4 oil refineries in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Levi Strauss - South Africa - Sa (Epping) · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Indigo Brands (Pty) Ltd. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Sockit Manufacturing Pty · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Riebeeck Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 150,188 t CO₂
• De Hoek Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 147,132 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -33.84106, 18.53019. View on OpenStreetMap.

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