Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan — South Korea
Petrochemical in South Korea. Approximate location 36.99557, 126.36578.
PetrochemicalSouth KoreaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan is a petrochemical plant in South Korea. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes. It emits about 1,491,834 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.97% of the CO₂e from the 51 facilities in South Korea that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731971.
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.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
- LyondellBasell Industries, LaPorte, Tex. · 1,486,443 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- Haldia Petrochemicals, Haldia, West Bengal · 1,510,709 t CO₂e/yr · India
- Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical, Beijing, Yanshan · 1,470,474 t CO₂e/yr · China
- Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling · 1,527,827 t CO₂e/yr · Germany
- TotalEnergies Fina Antwerp Olefin, Antwerp · 1,454,499 t CO₂e/yr · Belgium
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Daesan Complex power station · Gas · 743 MW · 0 km
- Daesan power station · Biomass · 110 MW · 0 km
- Daesan Works · Gas · 131 MW · 4 km
- Hwaseong · Solar · 1 MW · 9 km
- Dangjin · Coal · 6,040 MW · 15 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. As petrochemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 300–800°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 1,491,834 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 1.5M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan 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 €112M/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.
Local climate
Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 37.0°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 humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1383 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.06× 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
- Hanwha Total Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 946,920 t CO₂
- Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical, Daesan · Petrochemical · 2,068,224 t CO₂
- LG Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,763,076 t CO₂
- Hyundai Lotte Daesan Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 895,888 t CO₂
- Hyundai Oilbank Daesan Refinery · Refinery · 5,778,641 t CO₂
- Hyundai Chemical, Daesan · Petrochemical · 1,152,780 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 36.99557, 126.36578. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan?
Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan is a petrochemical plant in South Korea. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes.
How much CO₂ does Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan emit?
The page uses about 1,491,834 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #19 among facilities in South Korea by estimated CO₂.
Where is Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan located?
Lotte Petrochemical Daesan, Daesan is in South Korea at approximately 36.99557, 126.36578.