Engen Durban Refinery — South Africa
Refinery in South Africa. Approximate location -29.94941, 30.98402.
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Engen Durban Refinery is a refinery in South Africa. 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.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144112.
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
- Bisasar Road Landfill · Waste · 6 MW · 15 km
- Mariannhill Landfill · Waste · 2 MW · 18 km
- Maidstone power station · Biomass · 21 MW · 46 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.
Local climate
Engen Durban Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 29.9°S in the southern 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 1292 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.99× 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
- SAPREF Durban Refinery · Refinery
- Ray Nkonyeni Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 630,424 t CO₂
- Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,602,048 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates -29.94941, 30.98402. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Engen Durban Refinery?
Engen Durban Refinery is a refinery in South Africa. 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.
Where is Engen Durban Refinery located?
Engen Durban Refinery is in South Africa at approximately -29.94941, 30.98402.