ENOC Jebel Ali Refinery — United Arab Emirates

ENOC Jebel Ali Refinery is a refinery in United Arab Emirates. Its listed capacity is 210,000 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 Emirates National Oil Company LLC. By capacity it ranks #2 among 5 oil refineries in United Arab Emirates. It emits about 1,233,224 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 2.9% of the CO₂e from the 25 facilities in United Arab Emirates that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 32% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144155.

In context: how this facility compares

At 210,000 BBL per day, ENOC Jebel Ali Refinery is well above the median refinery in United Arab Emirates (80,000 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 1,233,224 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 Arab Emirates

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

Operator

Operated by Emirates National Oil Company LLC.

Local climate

ENOC Jebel Ali Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 25.0°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 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 1224 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× 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 #2 largest of 5 oil refineries in United Arab Emirates by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Jebel Ali aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 2,465,160 t CO₂
• National Cement Dubai Plant · Cement Plant · 606,822 t CO₂
• Taweelah-Abu Dhabi aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 3,459,725 t CO₂
• Taweelah Shaheen Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 4,739,433 t CO₂
• Al Saajah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,360,845 t CO₂
• Sharjah Oil Refinery · Refinery

Location

Coordinates 25.00761, 55.0593. View on OpenStreetMap.

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