Persian Gulf Star Refinery — Iran
Refinery in Iran. Approximate location 27.15852, 56.05151.
RefineryIranCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Persian Gulf Star Refinery is a refinery in Iran. 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 Oil Industry Retirement Fund Investment Co. It emits about 2,595,318 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 2.1% of the CO₂e from the 126 facilities in Iran that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143942.
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
- Al-Mahdi Smelter power station · Gas · 546 MW · 3 km
- Bandar Abbas · Oil · 1,280 MW · 6 km
- Qeshm Pasargard Power Plant · Gas · 540 MW · 27 km
- Blue Earth 2 · Solar · 10 MW · 28 km
- Isin power plant · Gas · 1,000 MW · 30 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 2,595,318 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), Persian Gulf Star Refinery carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €196M/yr.
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/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 Oil Industry Retirement Fund Investment Co.
Local climate
Persian Gulf Star Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 27.2°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1232 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
- Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery · Chemical Plant · 1,098,362 t CO₂
- NIORDC Bandar Abbas Refinery · Refinery · 4,613,790 t CO₂
- Kish South Kaveh Steel Hormuzgan plant · Steel Plant · 1,747,938 t CO₂
- Mobarakeh Steel Hormuzgan Steel Company plant · Steel Plant · 1,042,208 t CO₂
- Qeshm Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 252,582 t CO₂
- Bandar Khamir Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 550,087 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 27.15852, 56.05151. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Persian Gulf Star Refinery?
Persian Gulf Star Refinery is a refinery in Iran. 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 Persian Gulf Star Refinery emit?
The page uses about 2,595,318 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #10 among facilities in Iran by estimated CO₂.
Where is Persian Gulf Star Refinery located?
Persian Gulf Star Refinery is in Iran at approximately 27.15852, 56.05151.
Who operates Persian Gulf Star Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Oil Industry Retirement Fund Investment Co.