Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery — Trinidad and Tobago
Refinery in Trinidad and Tobago. Approximate location 10.31587, -61.44679.
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Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery is a refinery in Trinidad and Tobago. Its listed capacity is 165,000 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.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753808.
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.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Point Lisas · Gas · 812 MW · 12 km
- Penal · Gas · 234 MW · 19 km
- Union Estate Power Station · Gas · 720 MW · 22 km
- Port of Spain · Oil · 260 MW · 39 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 165,000 BBL per day, Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery is around the median refinery in Trinidad and Tobago (165,000 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.
Local climate
Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 10.3°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1235 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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
- Claxton Bay Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 352,189 t CO₂
- Atlas Methanol Plant · Chemical Plant · 609,094 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 10.31587, -61.44679. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery?
Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery is a refinery in Trinidad and Tobago. 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 Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery?
The open dataset lists 165,000 BBL per day of capacity for Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery.
Where is Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery located?
Paria Fuel Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery is in Trinidad and Tobago at approximately 10.31587, -61.44679.