SAMREF Yanbu Refinery — Saudi Arabia
Refinery in Saudi Arabia. Approximate location 23.98139, 38.23277.
RefinerySaudi ArabiaCO₂ not individually reported
SAMREF Yanbu Refinery is a refinery in Saudi Arabia. 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 Exxon Mobil Corp. No facility-measured CO₂ figure is available in the open dataset used here.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753769.
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
- YANBU PLANT · Oil · 866 MW · 2 km
- YANBU (ARAM) · Gas · 82 MW · 2 km
- Yanbu 2 power plant · Gas · 825 MW · 13 km
- YANBU PLANT 2 · Oil · 825 MW · 18 km
- YANBU (SEC) · Oil · 54 MW · 19 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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for SAMREF Yanbu Refinery; Climate TRACE provides only a refinery sector-level estimate, so a precise per-site figure, ranking or carbon cost would be misleading and is not shown.
CO₂: Climate TRACE sector-level estimate (not facility-measured).
Operator
Operated by Exxon Mobil Corp. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
SAMREF Yanbu Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.0°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 1223 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× 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
- Yanbu Petrochemical Co. (Yanpet), Yanbu, · Petrochemical · 2,150,754 t CO₂
- Yanbu National Petrochemical Company (Yansab), Yanbu, · Petrochemical · 1,855,025 t CO₂
- YASREF Yanbu Refinery · Refinery · 3,444,326 t CO₂
- Saudi Aramco Yanbu Refinery · Refinery · 2,412,932 t CO₂
- Al Nabah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 3,461,521 t CO₂
- Petro Rabigh, Rabigh, · Petrochemical · 2,316,872 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 23.98139, 38.23277. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is SAMREF Yanbu Refinery?
SAMREF Yanbu Refinery is a refinery in Saudi Arabia. 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.
How much CO₂ does SAMREF Yanbu Refinery emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for SAMREF Yanbu Refinery.
Where is SAMREF Yanbu Refinery located?
SAMREF Yanbu Refinery is in Saudi Arabia at approximately 23.98139, 38.23277.
Who operates SAMREF Yanbu Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Exxon Mobil Corp.