RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery — Costa Rica
Refinery in Costa Rica. Approximate location 9.99167, -83.09243.
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RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is a refinery in Costa Rica. 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 Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753535.
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.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Moin I Power Plant Costa Rica · Oil · 32 MW · 1 km
- Moin II and III Power Plant Costa Rica · Oil · 234 MW · 1 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.
Operator
Operated by Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA.
Local climate
RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 10.0°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 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 1243 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
- Agua Caliente Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 442,367 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 9.99167, -83.09243. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery?
RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is a refinery in Costa Rica. 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.
Where is RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery located?
RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery is in Costa Rica at approximately 9.99167, -83.09243.
Who operates RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA.