Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk — Netherlands

Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk is a petrochemical plant in Netherlands. Its listed capacity is 910,000 t of ethylene. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes. It is operated by Shell PLC. By capacity it ranks #3 among 3 petrochemical plants in Netherlands. It emits about 1,336,848 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.7% of the CO₂e from the 25 facilities in Netherlands that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 13% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648367.

In context: how this facility compares

At 910,000 t of ethylene, Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk is below the median petrochemical plant in Netherlands (1,310,000 t of ethylene). Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. As petrochemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 300–800°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 1,336,848 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.

Capacity vs largest petrochemical plants in Netherlands

Listed capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shell Nederland Chemie BV , Moerdijk sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.7°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1399 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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

The #3 largest of 3 petrochemical plants in Netherlands by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Cnc Grondstoffen Bv · Food & Beverage · 277,340 t CO₂
• Suiker Unie (Dinteloord) · Food & Beverage · 130,340 t CO₂
• Frieslandcampina Oud Gastel · Food & Beverage · 53,800 t CO₂
• Sime Darby Unimills B.V. · Food & Beverage
• Unilever Nederland Foods Factories Bv · Food & Beverage
• Shell Pernis Refinery · Refinery · 5,007,588 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.6822, 4.56971. View on OpenStreetMap.

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