Pertamina Sungai Pakning Refinery — Indonesia

Pertamina Sungai Pakning Refinery is a refinery in Indonesia. Its listed capacity is 50,000 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 PT Pertamina (Persero). By capacity it ranks #7 among 8 oil refineries in Indonesia. It emits about 244,317 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.34% of the CO₂e from the 53 facilities in Indonesia that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 43% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143939.

In context: how this facility compares

At 50,000 BBL per day, Pertamina Sungai Pakning Refinery is below the median refinery in Indonesia (120,000 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 244,317 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.

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Indonesia

Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by PT Pertamina (Persero). All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Pertamina Sungai Pakning Refinery sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 1.3°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 extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1231 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

The #7 largest of 8 oil refineries in Indonesia by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Pertamina Dumai Refinery · Refinery · 1,172,360 t CO₂
• IKPP P.T. Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper TbK - Perawang Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 432,339 t CO₂
• Malaysian Refining Company Melaka II Refinery · Refinery · 1,479,426 t CO₂
• Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper P.T. - Riaupulp / Riaupaper Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill

Location

Coordinates 1.34306, 102.1525. View on OpenStreetMap.

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