Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery — Papua New Guinea
Refinery in Papua New Guinea. Approximate location -9.4555, 147.11498.
RefineryPapua New GuineaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery is a refinery in Papua New Guinea. Its listed capacity is 32,500 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 Trafigura Group Pte Ltd. It emits about 154,495 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 45% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144050.
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.
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- Kanudi · Oil · 58 MW · 4 km
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PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 32,500 BBL per day, Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery is around the median refinery in Papua New Guinea (32,500 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 154,495 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 154k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Puma Energy Port Moresby 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 €11.6M/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 Trafigura Group Pte Ltd.
Local climate
Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 9.5°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1233 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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.
Location
Coordinates -9.4555, 147.11498. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery?
Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery is a refinery in Papua New Guinea. 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 Port Moresby Refinery?
The open dataset lists 32,500 BBL per day of capacity for Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery emit?
The page uses about 154,495 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1 among facilities in Papua New Guinea by estimated CO₂.
Where is Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery located?
Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery is in Papua New Guinea at approximately -9.4555, 147.11498.
Who operates Puma Energy Port Moresby Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Trafigura Group Pte Ltd.