CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery — China
Refinery in China. Approximate location 32.30658, 119.85978.
RefineryChinaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery is a refinery in China. Its listed capacity is 90,000 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 Cnooc. By capacity it ranks #35 among 65 oil refineries in China. It emits about 742,246 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.03% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144209.
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.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Guodian Taizhou power station · Coal · 4,000 MW · 14 km
- Singpu Chemicals Taixing power station · Coal · 160 MW · 18 km
- APP Zhenjiang Jindong Mill power station · Coal · 290 MW · 20 km
- Jiangsu Taixing City power station · Biomass · 15 MW · 20 km
- Everbright Zhenjiang · Solar · 13 MW · 25 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 90,000 BBL per day, CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery is around the median refinery in China (90,450 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 742,246 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 742k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical 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 €55.9M/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.
Capacity vs largest oil refineries in China
Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operator
Operated by Cnooc.
Local climate
CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 32.3°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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1345 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× 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 #35 largest of 65 oil refineries in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Nearby industrial sites
- SP Chemicals, Jiangsu, Taizhou · Petrochemical · 704,596 t CO₂
- Sinopec Taizhou Refinery · Refinery · 646,213 t CO₂
- Zhongye Dongfang Jiangsu Heavy Industry Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 396,530 t CO₂
- Yangzhou Hengrun Ocean Heavy Industry Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 5,066,326 t CO₂
- Zhenjiang (Jingkou) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 3,417,600 t CO₂
- Jiangsu Hongtai Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 312,466 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 32.30658, 119.85978. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery?
CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery is a refinery in China. 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 CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery?
The open dataset lists 90,000 BBL per day of capacity for CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery.
How much CO₂ does CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery emit?
The page uses about 742,246 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #760 among facilities in China by estimated CO₂.
Where is CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery located?
CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery is in China at approximately 32.30658, 119.85978.
Who operates CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Cnooc.