Irving Oil Saint John Refinery — Canada
Refinery in Canada. Approximate location 45.28293, -66.01169.
RefineryCanadaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Irving Oil Saint John Refinery is a refinery in Canada. Its listed capacity is 320,000 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 Irving Oil Ltd. By capacity it ranks #1 among 17 oil refineries in Canada. It emits about 4,360,824 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 6.2% of the CO₂e from the 127 facilities in Canada that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 58% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143766.
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
- Bayside Power · Gas · 290 MW · 1 km
- Grandview · Gas · 90 MW · 5 km
- Saint John · Biomass · 30 MW · 7 km
- Coleson Cove · Oil · 1,050 MW · 21 km
- Point Lepreau · Nuclear · 705 MW · 42 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 320,000 BBL per day, Irving Oil Saint John Refinery is well above the median refinery in Canada (85,000 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 4,360,824 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 4.4M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Irving Oil Saint John 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 €329M/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.
Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Canada
Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operator
Operated by Irving Oil Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Irving Oil Saint John Refinery sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 45.3°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1445 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.11× 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
The #1 largest of 17 oil refineries in Canada by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Nearby industrial sites
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- Saint George (Lake Utopia) Pulp & Paper Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Havelock Plant · Lime Plant · 61,953 t CO₂
- McAdam Wallboard Plant · Other Manufacturing · 7,261 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 45.28293, -66.01169. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Irving Oil Saint John Refinery?
Irving Oil Saint John Refinery is a refinery in Canada. 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 Irving Oil Saint John Refinery?
The open dataset lists 320,000 BBL per day of capacity for Irving Oil Saint John Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Irving Oil Saint John Refinery emit?
The page uses about 4,360,824 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in Canada by estimated CO₂.
Where is Irving Oil Saint John Refinery located?
Irving Oil Saint John Refinery is in Canada at approximately 45.28293, -66.01169.
Who operates Irving Oil Saint John Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Irving Oil Ltd.