Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas — Bulgaria

Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas is a petrochemical plant in Bulgaria. Its listed capacity is 250,000 t of ethylene. 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 241,080 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 5.5% of the CO₂e from the 10 facilities in Bulgaria that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 26% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40691242.

In context: how this facility compares

At 250,000 t of ethylene, Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas is around the median petrochemical plant in Bulgaria (250,000 t of ethylene). 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 241,080 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.

Local climate

Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 42.5°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 1378 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

• LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas Refinery · Refinery · 1,488,919 t CO₂
• Solvay Sodi Devnya Soda Ash Plant · Chemical Plant · 529,204 t CO₂
• Devnya Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 205,359 t CO₂
• Cimentas Lalapaşa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,276,946 t CO₂
• Pınarhisar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 554,571 t CO₂
• Evrencik Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 848,413 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.5403, 27.32689. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

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