Chemical Plant in Oman. Approximate location 16.9344, 53.98724.
Chemical PlantOmanCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Salalah Methanol Complex is a chemical plant in Oman. Its listed capacity is 1,095,000 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It is operated by OQ Base Industries SAOG. By capacity it ranks #1 among 3 chemical plants in Oman. It emits about 365,456 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 85k passenger cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 77% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257176.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
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At 1,095,000 t of chemical, Salalah Methanol Complex is around the median chemical plant in Oman (984,096 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
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.
At its reported 365k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Salalah Methanol Complex carries no domestic carbon price; chemical plants are not a CBAM-covered good, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €27.5M/yr. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈7k t–18k t/yr, worth €551k–€1.4M, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →
Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by OQ Base Industries SAOG. All facilities by this operator →
Salalah Methanol Complex sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 16.9°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest of 3 chemical plants in Oman by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Coordinates 16.9344, 53.98724. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).
For a chemical plant, the main modular-insulation targets are reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 150–500 °C.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 13,000 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 2,700 t CO₂e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.
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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Salalah Methanol Complex is a chemical plant in Oman. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.
The open dataset lists 1,095,000 t of chemical of capacity for Salalah Methanol Complex.
The page uses about 365,456 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #10 among facilities in Oman by estimated CO₂.
Salalah Methanol Complex is in Oman at approximately 16.9344, 53.98724.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is OQ Base Industries SAOG.
