Galp Energia Porto Refinery — Portugal
Refinery in Portugal. Approximate location 41.20912, -8.70418.
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Galp Energia Porto Refinery is a refinery in Portugal. 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 Galp.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144063.
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
- Matosinhos Refinery power station · Gas · 82 MW · 1 km
- LIPOR II · Waste · 29 MW · 5 km
- Lipor - Valongo · Waste · 3 MW · 13 km
- Sermonde (Aterro Sanitário) · Waste · 4 MW · 20 km
- Penhas Altas · Hydro · 2 MW · 24 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.
Operator
Operated by Galp. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Galp Energia Porto Refinery sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 41.2°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 1355 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.04× 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
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Location
Coordinates 41.20912, -8.70418. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Galp Energia Porto Refinery?
Galp Energia Porto Refinery is a refinery in Portugal. 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 Galp Energia Porto Refinery located?
Galp Energia Porto Refinery is in Portugal at approximately 41.20912, -8.70418.
Who operates Galp Energia Porto Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Galp.