Preemraff Gothenburg Refinery — Sweden

Preemraff Gothenburg Refinery is a refinery in Sweden. Its listed capacity is 132,000 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 Preem AB. By capacity it ranks #2 among 3 oil refineries in Sweden. It emits about 784,912 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 5.5% of the CO₂e from the 29 facilities in Sweden that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 31% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144130.

In context: how this facility compares

At 132,000 BBL per day, Preemraff Gothenburg Refinery is around the median refinery in Sweden (132,000 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 784,912 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 Sweden

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

Operator

Operated by Preem AB. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Preemraff Gothenburg Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 57.7°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1426 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

The #2 largest of 3 oil refineries in Sweden by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Preemraff Lysekil Refinery · Refinery · 1,308,186 t CO₂
• Arla, Göteborg · Food & Beverage · 136,192 t CO₂
• Borealis AB, Stenungsund · Petrochemical · 578,847 t CO₂
• Södra Cell Värö · Pulp & Paper Mill · 356,427 t CO₂
• Södra Cell AB - Södra Cell Värö · Pulp & Paper Mill · 386,978 t CO₂
• Södra Cell Virkesvägen 1 · Pulp & Paper Mill · 386,978 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 57.70833, 11.8275. View on OpenStreetMap.

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