OMV Schwechat Refinery — Austria
Refinery in Austria. Approximate location 48.14442, 16.49968.
RefineryAustriaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
OMV Schwechat Refinery is a refinery in Austria. Its listed capacity is 204,000 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 OMV AG. It emits about 2,563,595 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 15% of the CO₂e from the 15 facilities in Austria that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 46% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143736.
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
- Schwechat Refinery power station · Oil · 170 MW · 0 km
- Freudenau Danube · Hydro · 172 MW · 4 km
- Vienna-Freudenau · Hydro · 172 MW · 4 km
- Gaming · Hydro · 14 MW · 4 km
- Pfaffenau power station · Biomass · 14 MW · 5 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 204,000 BBL per day, OMV Schwechat Refinery is around the median refinery in Austria (204,000 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 2,563,595 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 2.6M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), OMV Schwechat Refinery carries €219M/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.
Measured CO₂: 2.6M t/yr — verified EUTL (reporting year 2023) (1% above the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 2.6M t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).
Carbon price: EU ETS €85/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: measured (EUTL RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by OMV AG. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
OMV Schwechat Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.1°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 humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1399 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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
- OMV AG , Schwechat · Petrochemical · 626,939 t CO₂
- Agrana Zucker Gmbh · Food & Beverage
- Mannersdorf Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 313,384 t CO₂
- Bunge Austria Gmbh · Food & Beverage
- Agrana Zucker Gmbh · Food & Beverage
- Wopfinger Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 109,150 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 48.14442, 16.49968. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is OMV Schwechat Refinery?
OMV Schwechat Refinery is a refinery in Austria. 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.
What capacity is listed for OMV Schwechat Refinery?
The open dataset lists 204,000 BBL per day of capacity for OMV Schwechat Refinery.
How much CO₂ does OMV Schwechat Refinery emit?
The page uses about 2,563,595 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in Austria by estimated CO₂.
Where is OMV Schwechat Refinery located?
OMV Schwechat Refinery is in Austria at approximately 48.14442, 16.49968.
Who operates OMV Schwechat Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is OMV AG.