SAU-Al Jubayl_methanol — Saudi Arabia

SAU-Al Jubayl_methanol is a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia. Its listed capacity is 5,380,290 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 emits about 1,795,672 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 2.1% of the CO₂e from the 47 facilities in Saudi Arabia that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. 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-33998948.

In context: how this facility compares

At 5,380,290 t of chemical, SAU-Al Jubayl_methanol is around the median chemical plant in Saudi Arabia (5,380,290 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. 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.

What 1,795,672 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.

Local climate

SAU-Al Jubayl_methanol sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 27.1°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 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 1241 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.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Al Jubayl Governorate · Aluminium Smelter · 245,373 t CO₂
• Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. , Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 2,064,262 t CO₂
• Jubail United Petrochemical Co. , Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 1,981,593 t CO₂
• Jubail Chevron Phillips Company (JCP), Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 309,171 t CO₂
• SATORP Saudi Aramco Total Jubail Refinery · Refinery · 4,825,863 t CO₂
• Eastern Petrochemical Co. (SHARQ), Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 2,456,171 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.07225, 49.41817. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

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