Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery — Brazil
Refinery in Brazil. Approximate location -29.87352, -51.15906.
RefineryBrazilCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery is a refinery in Brazil. Its listed capacity is 201,000 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 Petróleo Brasileiro SA. By capacity it ranks #6 among 13 oil refineries in Brazil. It emits about 2,209,102 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.6% of the CO₂e from the 130 facilities in Brazil that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 28% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143754.
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
- Sepé Tiaraju (Antiga Canoas) · Gas · 249 MW · 2 km
- Condomínio Canoas Shopping Center · Oil · 1 MW · 5 km
- Nutepa · Oil · 24 MW · 11 km
- CGVE INNOVA power station · Biomass · 30 MW · 23 km
- CMPC (Antiga Aracruz Unidade Guaíba) · Biomass · 251 MW · 31 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 201,000 BBL per day, Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery is around the median refinery in Brazil (170,000 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 2,209,102 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 2.2M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Petrobras REFAP Canoas 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 €166M/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.
Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Brazil
Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operator
Operated by Petróleo Brasileiro SA. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 29.9°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1302 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.00× 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 #6 largest of 13 oil refineries in Brazil by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Nearby industrial sites
- Braskem Triunfo Commplex, Triunfo,RS · Petrochemical · 1,922,240 t CO₂
- CMPC Celulose Riograndense · Pulp & Paper Mill · 418,083 t CO₂
- CMPC - Guaiba 2 · Pulp & Paper Mill · 3,298,071 t CO₂
- Trombini - Rio Grande do Sul Corrugated cardboard · Pulp & Paper Mill · 26,973 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates -29.87352, -51.15906. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery?
Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery is a refinery in Brazil. 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 Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery?
The open dataset lists 201,000 BBL per day of capacity for Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery emit?
The page uses about 2,209,102 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #16 among facilities in Brazil by estimated CO₂.
Where is Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery located?
Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery is in Brazil at approximately -29.87352, -51.15906.
Who operates Petrobras REFAP Canoas Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Petróleo Brasileiro SA.