Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad — Iran

Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad is a petrochemical plant in Iran. 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 Borujen Petrochemical. It emits about 1,303,485 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.1% of the CO₂e from the 126 facilities in Iran that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731917.

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.

What 1,303,485 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.

Operator

Operated by Borujen Petrochemical.

Local climate

Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 30.4°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1260 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× 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

• Behbahan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 237,398 t CO₂
• Tangari Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 103,633 t CO₂
• IRN-Genaveh_methanol · Chemical Plant · 437,742 t CO₂
• Borzajan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 248,079 t CO₂
• Haftkel Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 626,894 t CO₂
• Shiraz Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 538,428 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.41179, 50.747. View on OpenStreetMap.

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