Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, — Israel

Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, is a petrochemical plant in Israel. Its listed capacity is 240,000 t of ethylene. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes. It emits about 336,999 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 4.8% of the CO₂e from the 91 facilities in Israel that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 8% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731919.

In context: how this facility compares

At 240,000 t of ethylene, Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, is around the median petrochemical plant in Israel (240,000 t of ethylene). Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. As petrochemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 300–800°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes.

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

What 336,999 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.

Local climate

Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 32.8°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1311 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.01× 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

• Bazan Haifa Refinery · Refinery · 2,056,161 t CO₂
• Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd · Chemical Plant · 19,341 t CO₂
• Gadot Biochemistry Industries Ltd · Food & Beverage · 4,421 t CO₂
• Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd · Food & Beverage · 2,785 t CO₂
• Amir Dagan Institute Of Mixture · Food & Beverage · 1,824 t CO₂
• flight of metals · Other Manufacturing · 2,058 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 32.78798, 35.06311. View on OpenStreetMap.

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