Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery — Japan
Refinery in Japan. Approximate location 34.56798, 135.43508.
RefineryJapanCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery is a refinery in Japan. 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 Cosmo Oil. It emits about 855,661 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.52% of the CO₂e from the 105 facilities in Japan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143979.
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
- Sakaiko · Gas · 2,000 MW · 1 km
- Sakai Port power station · Gas · 2,000 MW · 1 km
- Sakai Solar Power Plant · Solar · 28 MW · 3 km
- MITSUI CHEMICALS OSAKA · Other · 108 MW · 4 km
- Senboku Natural Gas power plant · Gas · 1,109 MW · 4 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
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 855,661 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 856k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Cosmo Oil Sakai 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 €64.5M/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 Cosmo Oil. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.6°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 1338 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
Nearby industrial sites
- ENEOS Sakai Refinery · Refinery · 1,206,482 t CO₂
- Osaka Petrochemical, Takaishi City, Osaka · Petrochemical · 639,715 t CO₂
- JPN-Takaishi_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 1,066,712 t CO₂
- Osaka Steel Sakai Works · Steel Plant · 199,522 t CO₂
- Nakayama Steel Works Osaka · Steel Plant
- Kishiwada Steel Osaka Steel Plant · Steel Plant
Location
Coordinates 34.56798, 135.43508. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery?
Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery is a refinery in Japan. 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.
How much CO₂ does Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery emit?
The page uses about 855,661 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #39 among facilities in Japan by estimated CO₂.
Where is Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery located?
Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery is in Japan at approximately 34.56798, 135.43508.
Who operates Cosmo Oil Sakai Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Cosmo Oil.