PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery
Refinery in China. Approximate location 43.96371, 87.70949.
RefineryChinaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery is a refinery in China. 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 PetroChina Co Ltd. It emits about 1,004,795 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.04% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753482.
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.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
- Chevron Pasadena Refinery · 1,001,984 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- Holborn Hamburg Refinery · 998,743 t CO₂e/yr · Germany
- Hebei Xinhai Chemical Group Refinery · 994,610 t CO₂e/yr · China
- Total Feyzin Refinery · 994,604 t CO₂e/yr · France
- PetroChina Karamay Refinery · 994,174 t CO₂e/yr · China
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Urumqi Petrochemical power station · Coal · 150 MW · 1 km
- Xinjiang Midong power station · Coal · 600 MW · 4 km
- Xinjiang Zhongtai Huatai power station · Coal · 300 MW · 4 km
- Huadian Urumqi power station · Coal · 660 MW · 7 km
- Xinjiang Urumqi Jinghuan power station · Other · 75 MW · 10 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 1,004,795 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 1.0M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical 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 €75.7M/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 PetroChina Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 44.0°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1431 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× 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
- Xinjiang Mi Dongtianshan Cement Co., Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,139,876 t CO₂
- Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant
- Wujiaqu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter
- Wujiaqu Huaying Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Urumqi (Wujiaqu) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 396,069 t CO₂
- Fukang, Xinjiang aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 4,149,320 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 43.96371, 87.70949. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery?
PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery is a refinery in China. 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 PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,004,795 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #578 among facilities in China by estimated CO₂.
Where is PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery located?
PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery is in China at approximately 43.96371, 87.70949.
Who operates PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is PetroChina Co Ltd.