Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery
Refinery in Kenya. Approximate location -4.01639, 39.62154.
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Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery is a refinery in Kenya. 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 Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143999.
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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- Kipevu I · Oil · 74 MW · 3 km
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- Kaloleni Cement Plant · Coal · 66 MW · 22 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.
Operator
Operated by Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd.
Local climate
Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen As), at 4.0°S in the southern 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 1238 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
- Bamburi Mombasa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 441,573 t CO₂
- National Kaloleni Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 237,475 t CO₂
- Mkomani Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 611,945 t CO₂
- Devki Steel Mills Kwale plant · Steel Plant · 671,416 t CO₂
- Huaxin Tanga Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 280,264 t CO₂
- Tanzania Portland Tanga Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 645,540 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates -4.01639, 39.62154. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery?
Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery is a refinery in Kenya. 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.
Where is Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery located?
Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery is in Kenya at approximately -4.01639, 39.62154.
Who operates Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd.