KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery — Kazakhstan
Refinery in Kazakhstan. Approximate location 47.0739, 51.92408.
RefineryKazakhstanCO₂ estimate (modelled)
KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery is a refinery in Kazakhstan. Its listed capacity is 110,000 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 National Company KazMunayGas JSC. By capacity it ranks #3 among 4 oil refineries in Kazakhstan. It emits about 1,617,641 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 7.1% of the CO₂e from the 20 facilities in Kazakhstan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 71% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143998.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
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Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
- Sinopec Yueyang Petrochemical (Changling) Refinery · 1,615,533 t CO₂e/yr · China
- NIORDC Tehran Refinery · 1,622,074 t CO₂e/yr · Iran
- Imperial Oil Sarnia Refinery · 1,625,111 t CO₂e/yr · Canada
- Idemitsu Kosan Chiba Refinery · 1,625,756 t CO₂e/yr · Japan
- Sinopec-SK Wuhan Petrochemical Refinery · 1,627,928 t CO₂e/yr · China
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Karabatan power station · Gas · 475 MW · 40 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 110,000 BBL per day, KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery is around the median refinery in Kazakhstan (120,000 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 1,617,641 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 1.6M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), KazMunayGas Atyrau 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 €122M/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 Kazakhstan
Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operator
Operated by National Company KazMunayGas JSC. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 47.1°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1408 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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 #3 largest of 4 oil refineries in Kazakhstan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Location
Coordinates 47.0739, 51.92408. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery?
KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery is a refinery in Kazakhstan. 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 KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery?
The open dataset lists 110,000 BBL per day of capacity for KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery.
How much CO₂ does KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,617,641 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #4 among facilities in Kazakhstan by estimated CO₂.
Where is KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery located?
KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery is in Kazakhstan at approximately 47.0739, 51.92408.
Who operates KazMunayGas Atyrau Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is National Company KazMunayGas JSC.