Chemical Plant in Mexico. Approximate location 19.25237, -98.41242.
Chemical PlantMexicoCO₂ reported
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol is a chemical plant in Mexico with a reported capacity of 168,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Petróleos Mexicanos EPE. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 chemical plants tracked in Mexico. It emits about 56,070 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 13,070 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257177.
168,000 t of chemicalで、San Martin Texmelucan Independencia MethanolはMexicoのchemical plantの中央値以下 366,936 t of chemicalです。 サブセクター：chemicals。 chemical plant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100–500°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。 化学工場は、広範な工業および特殊化学物質を生産します。多くの物質は反応および分離のための正確な温度制御および持続された熱入力を必要とします。
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。
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.
Reported capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Petróleos Mexicanos EPE. All facilities by this operator →
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 19.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #3 largest of 3 chemical plants in Mexico by reported capacity.
Coordinates 19.25237, -98.41242. View on OpenStreetMap.
A chemical plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–500 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.
On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 9,500 MWh/yr (≈ 1,900 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
See Inzonex insulation → Estimate your site →
Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.
Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol is a chemical plant in Mexico. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol has a reported capacity of 168,000 t of chemical.
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol emits about 56,070 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 13,070 cars. That ranks #56 among tracked facilities in Mexico.
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol is in Mexico, near coordinates 19.25237, -98.41242.
San Martin Texmelucan Independencia Methanol is operated by Petróleos Mexicanos EPE.
