NIORDC Kermanshah Refinery — Iran

NIORDC Kermanshah Refinery is a refinery in Iran. Its listed capacity is 25,000 BBL per day. 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 National Iranian Oil Refining And Distribution Co. By capacity it ranks #9 among 9 oil refineries in Iran. It emits about 162,207 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.13% of the CO₂e from the 126 facilities in Iran that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 25% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143950.

In context: how this facility compares

At 25,000 BBL per day, NIORDC Kermanshah Refinery is below the median refinery in Iran (250,000 BBL per day). 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 162,207 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 oil refineries in Iran

Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by National Iranian Oil Refining And Distribution Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

NIORDC Kermanshah Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 34.4°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1357 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.04× 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 #9 largest of 9 oil refineries in Iran by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Faraman Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 735,105 t CO₂
• Qomishe-ye mirqāsem Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,806,451 t CO₂
• Kermanshah Urea/Ammonia Project · Chemical Plant · 2,850,859 t CO₂
• Ilam Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 566,518 t CO₂
• Ilam Petrochemical Company (13th Olefin complex), Lashekan,Ilamm · Petrochemical · 586,568 t CO₂
• Nahavand Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 264,208 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.35354, 47.10391. View on OpenStreetMap.

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