Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery — Lithuania
Refinery in Lithuania. Approximate location 56.38598, 22.17457.
RefineryLithuaniaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery is a refinery in Lithuania. 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 PKN ORLEN. It emits about 1,645,125 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 43% of the CO₂e from the 5 facilities in Lithuania that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144014.
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
- Mazheikiai CHP Power Plant Lithuania · Gas · 160 MW · 1 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 1,645,125 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 1.6M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery carries €140M/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 PKN ORLEN. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 56.4°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 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 1437 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× 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
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Location
Coordinates 56.38598, 22.17457. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery?
Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery is a refinery in Lithuania. 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 Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,645,125 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1 among facilities in Lithuania by estimated CO₂.
Where is Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery located?
Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery is in Lithuania at approximately 56.38598, 22.17457.
Who operates Orlen Lietuva Mazeikiai Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is PKN ORLEN.