Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery — North Macedonia
Refinery in North Macedonia. Approximate location 42.02639, 21.45919.
RefineryNorth MacedoniaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery is a refinery in North Macedonia. Its listed capacity is 50,000 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 Hellenic Petroleum. It emits about 190,123 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 32% of the CO₂e from the 3 facilities in North Macedonia that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 56% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144015.
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.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Skopje CHP power station · Gas · 220 MW · 4 km
- Matka Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia · Hydro · 10 MW · 16 km
- Sveta Peka Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia · Hydro · 36 MW · 20 km
- Kozjak Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia · Hydro · 82 MW · 27 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 50,000 BBL per day, Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery is around the median refinery in North Macedonia (50,000 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 190,123 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.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 190k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €14.3M/yr.
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by Hellenic Petroleum. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 42.0°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 a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1392 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.07× 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
- Makstil Skopje Steel plant · Steel Plant · 24,401 t CO₂
- Usje Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 380,764 t CO₂
- Hani i Elezit Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 385,902 t CO₂
- Borizane Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 418,020 t CO₂
- Fushi Kruji Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 475,835 t CO₂
- Kurum International Elbasan steel plant · Steel Plant · 23,718 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 42.02639, 21.45919. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery?
Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery is a refinery in North Macedonia. 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.
What capacity is listed for Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery?
The open dataset lists 50,000 BBL per day of capacity for Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery emit?
The page uses about 190,123 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in North Macedonia by estimated CO₂.
Where is Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery located?
Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery is in North Macedonia at approximately 42.02639, 21.45919.
Who operates Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Hellenic Petroleum.