CPI Operations LLC Paulsboro Refinery — United States

CPI Operations LLC Paulsboro Refinery is a refinery in United States. Its listed capacity is 32,000 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 PBF Energy Inc. By capacity it ranks #96 among 119 oil refineries in United States. It emits about 138,159 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.02% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 50% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753967.

In context: how this facility compares

At 32,000 BBL per day, CPI Operations LLC Paulsboro Refinery is below the median refinery in United States (89,200 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 138,159 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 oil refineries in United States

Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by PBF Energy Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

CPI Operations LLC Paulsboro Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 39.8°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1376 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.06× 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 #96 largest of 119 oil refineries in United States by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC · Other Manufacturing · 9,896 t CO₂
• PBF Paulsboro Refinery · Refinery · 820,158 t CO₂
• Paulsboro Refining Company LLC · Chemical Plant · 29,028 t CO₂
• C. W Brown Foods Inc · Food & Beverage
• Martin'S Specialty Sausage Company Inc. · Food & Beverage
• Herb'S Snack Foods Llc · Food & Beverage

Location

Coordinates 39.84215, -75.22797. View on OpenStreetMap.

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