PetroChina Lanzhou Chemical Industry, Gansu, Lanzhou

PetroChina Lanzhou Chemical Industry, Gansu, Lanzhou is a petrochemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 700,000 t of ethylene. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes. By capacity it ranks #8 among 12 petrochemical plants in China. It emits about 1,196,897 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.05% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 31% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648387.

In context: how this facility compares

At 700,000 t of ethylene, PetroChina Lanzhou Chemical Industry, Gansu, Lanzhou is around the median petrochemical plant in China (740,000 t of ethylene). Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. As petrochemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 300–800°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 1,196,897 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 petrochemical plants in China

Listed capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

PetroChina Lanzhou Chemical Industry, Gansu, Lanzhou sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 36.1°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 1413 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× 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 #8 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company Lanzhou Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,403,148 t CO₂
• PetroChina Lanzhou Refinery · Refinery · 2,609,706 t CO₂
• Yongdeng County Yuxiang Lime Factory · Lime Plant
• Lanzhou, Gansu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 913,809 t CO₂
• Gansu Sanyi Cement Co., Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 472,116 t CO₂
• Jiugang Group Yuzhong Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 5,344,759 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.1177, 103.60683. View on OpenStreetMap.

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