Fenchuganj (Shahjalal) Fertilizer Complex — Bangladesh

Fenchuganj (Shahjalal) Fertilizer Complex is a chemical plant in Bangladesh. Its listed capacity is 825,540 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It is operated by Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corp. By capacity it ranks #1 among 3 chemical plants in Bangladesh. It emits about 949,444 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 9.6% of the CO₂e from the 11 facilities in Bangladesh that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 20% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257078.

In context: how this facility compares

At 825,540 t of chemical, Fenchuganj (Shahjalal) Fertilizer Complex is well above the median chemical plant in Bangladesh (508,930 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 949,444 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 chemical plants in Bangladesh

Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Fenchuganj (Shahjalal) Fertilizer Complex sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 24.7°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 1254 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.96× 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 #1 largest of 3 chemical plants in Bangladesh by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• LafargeHolcim Sunamganj Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 265,237 t CO₂
• Chhatak Cement Company Chhatak Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 122,311 t CO₂
• Barak Valley Cements Badarpur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 170,456 t CO₂
• Mawmluh-Cherra Cements Cherrapunji‎ Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 66,132 t CO₂
• Dalmia Cement East Jaintia Hills Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 329,033 t CO₂
• Star Cement East Jaintia Hills Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 458,947 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.6541, 91.94051. View on OpenStreetMap.

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