IOCL Paradip Refinery — India
Refinery in India. Approximate location 20.24887, 86.59696.
RefineryIndiaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
IOCL Paradip 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 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. It emits about 4,235,646 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.85% 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-712429.
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
- Paradip Refinery Captive power station · Gas · 366 MW · 0 km
- JSW Utkal Steel power station · Coal · 900 MW · 4 km
- Paradip power station · Coal · 120 MW · 9 km
- Paradip Oswal power station · Coal · 55 MW · 10 km
- Spi Ports power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · 26 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 4,235,646 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 4.2M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), IOCL Paradip 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 €319M/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 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
IOCL Paradip Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 20.2°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 1232 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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
- Yazdani Steel and Power Kalinganagar steel plant · Steel Plant · 173,342 t CO₂
- Jindal Stainless Jajpur steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,040,622 t CO₂
- Mesco Steel Kalinganagar plant · Steel Plant · 2,156,948 t CO₂
- Tata Steel Kalinganagar steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,354,552 t CO₂
- Neelachal Ispat Nigam steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,448,006 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 20.24887, 86.59696. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is IOCL Paradip Refinery?
IOCL Paradip 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 IOCL Paradip Refinery emit?
The page uses about 4,235,646 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #25 among facilities in India by estimated CO₂.
Where is IOCL Paradip Refinery located?
IOCL Paradip Refinery is in India at approximately 20.24887, 86.59696.
Who operates IOCL Paradip Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.