Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery — Iran

Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery is a chemical plant in Iran. Its listed capacity is 450,000 t of chemical. 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 Persian Gulf Star Oil Co. By capacity it ranks #11 among 12 chemical plants in Iran. It emits about 1,098,362 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.89% of the CO₂e from the 126 facilities in Iran that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 69% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257238.

In context: how this facility compares

At 450,000 t of chemical, Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery is below the median chemical plant in Iran (1,168,000 t of chemical). 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 1,098,362 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.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in Iran

Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Persian Gulf Star Oil Co.

Local climate

Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 27.2°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 a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1232 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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

The #11 largest of 12 chemical plants in Iran by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Persian Gulf Star Refinery · Refinery · 2,595,318 t CO₂
• NIORDC Bandar Abbas Refinery · Refinery · 4,613,790 t CO₂
• Kish South Kaveh Steel Hormuzgan plant · Steel Plant · 1,747,938 t CO₂
• Mobarakeh Steel Hormuzgan Steel Company plant · Steel Plant · 1,042,208 t CO₂
• Qeshm Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 252,582 t CO₂
• Bandar Khamir Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 550,087 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.16271, 56.05184. View on OpenStreetMap.

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