Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery — Greece
Refinery in Greece. Approximate location 37.9185, 23.0752.
RefineryGreeceCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery is a refinery in Greece. 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 Motor Oil. It emits about 2,450,025 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 22% of the CO₂e from the 17 facilities in Greece that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143909.
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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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Korinthos Power Plant · Gas · 437 MW · 1 km
- ElvalHalcor Thisvi power station · Gas · 651 MW · 37 km
- Thisvi Power Station · Gas · 420 MW · 37 km
- Dimossia Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2 MW · 45 km
- GOURI MELES · Wind · 33 MW · 45 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.
What 2,450,025 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 2.5M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery carries €209M/yr of carbon at the full EU ETS price (€85/t CO₂). Free allocation phases out to 2034 (Reg. (EU) 2023/956), so today's bill is lower and rising toward this full-price figure.
Carbon price: EU ETS €85/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.
Operator
Operated by Motor Oil.
Local climate
Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 37.9°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1340 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× 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
- Hellenic Petroleum Elefsina Refinery · Refinery · 1,094,934 t CO₂
- Magoula Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 533,322 t CO₂
- Apropyrgos Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 293,439 t CO₂
- Hellenic Petroleum Aspropyrgos Refinery · Refinery · 1,528,776 t CO₂
- St. Nicolas aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 410,921 t CO₂
- ELVALHALCOR S.A. - ALUMINIUM ROLLING DIVISION · Metals Plant · 114,000 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 37.9185, 23.0752. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery?
Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery is a refinery in Greece. 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.
How much CO₂ does Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery emit?
The page uses about 2,450,025 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1 among facilities in Greece by estimated CO₂.
Where is Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery located?
Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery is in Greece at approximately 37.9185, 23.0752.
Who operates Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Motor Oil.