PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex

PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex is a refinery in Venezuela with a reported capacity of 955,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Petróleos de Venezuela SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 oil refineries tracked in Venezuela. It emits about 2,923,919 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 681,566 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 64% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144168.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

955,000 BBL per dayで、PDVSA Paraguana Refinery ComplexはVenezuelaのrefineryの中央値はるかに上 187,000 BBL per dayです。 容量あたりのCO₂は、refineryの中央値上約32%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 2,923,919 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 Venezuela

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

Operator

Operated by Petróleos de Venezuela SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

PDVSA Paraguana Refinery Complex sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 11.7°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 3 oil refineries in Venezuela by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Cumarebo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 620,214 t CO₂
• Isla Oil Refinery · Refinery

Location

Coordinates 11.74293, -70.19478. View on OpenStreetMap.

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