HPCL Visakh Refinery — India
Refinery in India. Approximate location 17.7048, 83.24465.
RefineryIndiaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
HPCL Visakh Refinery is a refinery in India. 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 ONGC. It emits about 3,578,494 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.71% of the CO₂e from the 297 facilities in India that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-712437.
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
- HPCL Vizag Refinery power station · Gas · 178 MW · 1 km
- Visakhapatnam Port · Solar · 11 MW · 2 km
- Vizag Simhadri power station · Coal · 80 MW · 9 km
- Vizag Steel Plant power station · Other · 435 MW · 12 km
- VIZAG TPP · Coal · 1,040 MW · 19 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.
What 3,578,494 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 3.6M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), HPCL Visakh 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 €270M/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 ONGC. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
HPCL Visakh Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 17.7°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 an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1221 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
Nearby industrial sites
- RINL Vizag Steel plant · Steel Plant · 10,029,367 t CO₂
- Toshali Cement Ampavalli Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 99,188 t CO₂
- Damanjodi Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 4,322,364 t CO₂
- Kakinada Fertilizer Complex · Chemical Plant · 4,972,645 t CO₂
- Koraput District · Aluminium Smelter · 754,355 t CO₂
- BILT Ballarpur Industries Ltd - Unit Sewa · Pulp & Paper Mill
Location
Coordinates 17.7048, 83.24465. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is HPCL Visakh Refinery?
HPCL Visakh Refinery is a refinery in India. 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.
How much CO₂ does HPCL Visakh Refinery emit?
The page uses about 3,578,494 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #32 among facilities in India by estimated CO₂.
Where is HPCL Visakh Refinery located?
HPCL Visakh Refinery is in India at approximately 17.7048, 83.24465.
Who operates HPCL Visakh Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is ONGC.