Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. — United States
Petrochemical in United States. Approximate location 29.99117, -90.44964.
PetrochemicalUnited StatesCO₂ not individually reported
Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. is a petrochemical plant in United States. 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 is operated by The Dow Chemical Company. No facility-measured CO₂ figure is available in the open dataset used here.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648313.
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.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Dow St Charles Operations · Gas · 324 MW · 1 km
- Taft Cogeneration Facility · Gas · 894 MW · 1 km
- Little Gypsy · Gas · 1,003 MW · 2 km
- Waterford 3 · Nuclear · 1,250 MW · 2 km
- Waterford nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,250 MW · 2 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La.; Climate TRACE provides only a petrochemical sector-level estimate, so a precise per-site figure, ranking or carbon cost would be misleading and is not shown.
CO₂: Climate TRACE sector-level estimate (not facility-measured).
Operator
Operated by The Dow Chemical Company. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.0°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 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 1299 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.00× 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
- Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La · Petrochemical · 1,940,576 t CO₂
- HEXION INC. · Chemical Plant · 3,071 t CO₂
- Valero St. Charles Refinery · Refinery · 2,821,114 t CO₂
- Shell Norco Refinery · Refinery · 2,264,806 t CO₂
- Air Products and Chemicals - Norco SMR · Chemical Plant · 934,629 t CO₂
- Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility · Chemical Plant · 937,011 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 29.99117, -90.44964. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La.?
Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. is a petrochemical plant in United States. 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.
How much CO₂ does Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La..
Where is Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. located?
Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. is in United States at approximately 29.99117, -90.44964.
Who operates Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La.?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is The Dow Chemical Company.