Abu Qir Fertilizer Complex — Egypt

Abu Qir Fertilizer Complex is a chemical plant in Egypt. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It is operated by Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Co SAE. It emits about 3,605,693 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 6.0% of the CO₂e from the 56 facilities in Egypt that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257029.

In context: how this facility compares

Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 3,605,693 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Co SAE.

Local climate

Abu Qir Fertilizer Complex sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 31.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1291 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.99× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Alexandria Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,046,880 t CO₂
• Alexandria Petroleum Company El Mex Refinery · Refinery · 825,179 t CO₂
• Dekhela Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 518,726 t CO₂
• Ameriya Petroleum Refining Company Ameriya Refinery · Refinery · 564,225 t CO₂
• Al-Ezz Dekheila Steel Alexandria plant · Steel Plant · 1,687,985 t CO₂
• Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals, Alexandria · Petrochemical · 342,971 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 31.27168, 30.09665. View on OpenStreetMap.

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