BRA-Cubatão_ammonia — Brazil

BRA-Cubatão_ammonia is a chemical plant in Brazil. Its listed capacity is 1,129,704 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. By capacity it ranks #1 among 2 chemical plants in Brazil. It emits about 1,269,000 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.90% of the CO₂e from the 130 facilities in Brazil that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 22% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-33998945.

In context: how this facility compares

At 1,129,704 t of chemical, BRA-Cubatão_ammonia is around the median chemical plant in Brazil (1,129,704 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 1,269,000 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 Brazil

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

Local climate

BRA-Cubatão_ammonia sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 23.9°S in the southern 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 1282 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

The #1 largest of 2 chemical plants in Brazil by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Petrobras RPBC Cubatao Refinery · Refinery · 2,301,102 t CO₂
• Petrobras RECAP (Capuava) Maua Refinery · Refinery · 621,131 t CO₂
• Braskem ABC Petrochemical Complex, Santo Andre,Sao Paulo · Petrochemical · 991,618 t CO₂
• Manikraft Guaianazes Indústria de Celulose e Papel Ltda · Pulp & Paper Mill · 16,110 t CO₂
• Suzano - Unidade Suzano · Pulp & Paper Mill · 152,030 t CO₂
• Suzano - Unidade Rio Verde · Pulp & Paper Mill · 12,260 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -23.8659, -46.40818. View on OpenStreetMap.

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