Petrochemical in Russian Federation. Approximate location 55.59797, 51.91285.
PetrochemicalRussian FederationCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk is a petrochemical in Russian Federation. Its listed capacity is 650,000 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 is operated by SIBUR Holding PJSC. By capacity it ranks #2 among 9 petrochemical plants in Russian Federation. It emits about 681,735 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 159k passenger cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 20% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731984.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
At 650,000 t of ethylene, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk is well above the median petrochemical in Russian Federation (420,000 t of ethylene). Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. As petrochemical, it requires high process heat (typically 300–800°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. 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.
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.
At its reported 682k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk carries no domestic carbon price; petrochemicals are not a CBAM-covered good, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €51.4M/yr. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈14k t–34k t/yr, worth €1.0M–€2.6M, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →
Listed capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by SIBUR Holding PJSC. All facilities by this operator →
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 55.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #2 largest of 9 petrochemical plants in Russian Federation by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Coordinates 55.59797, 51.91285. View on OpenStreetMap.
For a petrochemical, the main modular-insulation targets are steam crackers, quench towers, fractionators, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 150–550 °C.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk is a petrochemical in Russian Federation. 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.
The open dataset lists 650,000 t of ethylene of capacity for Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk.
The page uses about 681,735 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #91 among facilities in Russian Federation by estimated CO₂.
Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Nizhnekamsk is in Russian Federation at approximately 55.59797, 51.91285.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is SIBUR Holding PJSC.
