Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery — Sri Lanka
Refinery in Sri Lanka. Approximate location 6.96582, 79.95813.
RefinerySri LankaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery is a refinery in Sri Lanka. Its listed capacity is 50,000 BBL per day. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery. It is operated by Ceylon Petroleum Corp. It emits about 228,979 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 42% of the CO₂e from the 2 facilities in Sri Lanka that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 47% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144124.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
- Shandong Red Sea Chemical Industry Refinery · 229,926 t CO₂e/yr · China
- IOCL Digboi Refinery · 227,985 t CO₂e/yr · India
- National Refinery Limited (NRL) Refinery · 226,268 t CO₂e/yr · Pakistan
- Haiguo Longyou Refinery · 236,295 t CO₂e/yr · China
- Shandong Hengrunde Petrochemical Refinery · 217,152 t CO₂e/yr · China
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Sapugaskanda · Oil · 160 MW · 1 km
- Lakdhanavi · Oil · 24 MW · 1 km
- Asia Power Sapugaskanda · Oil · 51 MW · 2 km
- Sojitz Kelanitissa · Oil · 163 MW · 9 km
- CEB Kelantitissa · Oil · 382 MW · 9 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 50,000 BBL per day, Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery is around the median refinery in Sri Lanka (50,000 BBL per day). Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. As refinery, it requires high process heat (typically 200–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 228,979 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.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 229k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €17.3M/yr.
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by Ceylon Petroleum Corp.
Local climate
Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 7.0°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 1229 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× 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
- INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 314,594 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 6.96582, 79.95813. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery?
Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery is a refinery in Sri Lanka. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
What capacity is listed for Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery?
The open dataset lists 50,000 BBL per day of capacity for Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery emit?
The page uses about 228,979 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in Sri Lanka by estimated CO₂.
Where is Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery located?
Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery is in Sri Lanka at approximately 6.96582, 79.95813.
Who operates Ceylon Petroleum Sapugaskanda Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Ceylon Petroleum Corp.