Shell Convent Refinery — United States
Refinery in United States. Approximate location 30.10925, -90.89329.
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Shell Convent Refinery is a refinery in United States. 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 Shell PLC.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753390.
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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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 Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Shell Convent Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.1°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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1302 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.00× 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
- AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC - CONVENT SMR · Chemical Plant · 569,828 t CO₂
- Veolia Burnside Plant · Chemical Plant · 41,671 t CO₂
- Mosaic Faustina Plant · Chemical Plant · 720,108 t CO₂
- AMERICAS STYRENICS LLC - ST JAMES PLANT · Chemical Plant · 733,601 t CO₂
- Almatis Burnside Inc · Metals Plant · 249,878 t CO₂
- CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX · Chemical Plant · 1,688,422 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 30.10925, -90.89329. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Shell Convent Refinery?
Shell Convent Refinery is a refinery in United States. 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 Shell Convent Refinery located?
Shell Convent Refinery is in United States at approximately 30.10925, -90.89329.
Who operates Shell Convent Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Shell PLC.