Lahore (Sheikhupura) Fertilizer Complex — Pakistan

Lahore (Sheikhupura) Fertilizer Complex is a chemical plant in Pakistan. Its listed capacity is 404,150 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It is operated by Fatima Fertilizer Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #5 among 5 chemical plants in Pakistan. It emits about 957,584 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.8% of the CO₂e from the 55 facilities in Pakistan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 65% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257129.

In context: how this facility compares

At 404,150 t of chemical, Lahore (Sheikhupura) Fertilizer Complex is below the median chemical plant in Pakistan (635,000 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 957,584 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.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in Pakistan

Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Fatima Fertilizer Co Ltd.

Local climate

Lahore (Sheikhupura) Fertilizer Complex sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 31.7°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 a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1261 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× 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 #5 largest of 5 chemical plants in Pakistan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Zaman Paper & Board Mills Private Limited Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 9,728 t CO₂
• Mandiali Paper Mills (Pvt) Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 21,038 t CO₂
• Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Lahore plant · Steel Plant · 1,165,291 t CO₂
• Packages Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 50,800 t CO₂
• Al-Quresh Board Mills Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 21,038 t CO₂
• Jubilee Paper Board Mills Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 5,404 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 31.6884, 74.08303. View on OpenStreetMap.

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