Puma Energy Managua Refinery — Nicaragua
Refinery in Nicaragua. Approximate location 12.14571, -86.31938.
RefineryNicaraguaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Puma Energy Managua Refinery is a refinery in Nicaragua. Its listed capacity is 20,000 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 emits about 85,888 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 48% of the CO₂e from the 2 facilities in Nicaragua that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 50% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144038.
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
- CAPSI Aktau Bitum Refinery · 85,787 t CO₂e/yr · Kazakhstan
- Blue Dolphin Energy Nixon Refinery · 84,576 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- CORAF Pointe Noire Refinery · 84,472 t CO₂e/yr · Congo
- Gaoqing Hongyuan Petrochemical Refinery · 89,416 t CO₂e/yr · China
- Djarmaya Oil Refinery · 81,557 t CO₂e/yr · Chad
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- ENEL Las Brisas Thermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Gas · 65 MW · 2 km
- ALBANISA Che Guevara III (Managua) IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 20 MW · 7 km
- ENEL Managua Thermal Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 57 MW · 7 km
- Planta MAN 140 power station · Oil · 148 MW · 7 km
- Tipitapa IC Power Plant Nicaragua · Oil · 52 MW · 23 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 20,000 BBL per day, Puma Energy Managua Refinery is around the median refinery in Nicaragua (20,000 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 85,888 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 86k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Puma Energy Managua 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 €6.5M/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.
Local climate
Puma Energy Managua Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 12.1°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 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 1245 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.96× 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
- San Rafael del Sur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 93,400 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 12.14571, -86.31938. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Puma Energy Managua Refinery?
Puma Energy Managua Refinery is a refinery in Nicaragua. 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 Puma Energy Managua Refinery?
The open dataset lists 20,000 BBL per day of capacity for Puma Energy Managua Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Puma Energy Managua Refinery emit?
The page uses about 85,888 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in Nicaragua by estimated CO₂.
Where is Puma Energy Managua Refinery located?
Puma Energy Managua Refinery is in Nicaragua at approximately 12.14571, -86.31938.