Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery — Philippines
Refinery in Philippines. Approximate location 13.72346, 121.06726.
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Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery is a refinery in Philippines. 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-3144057.
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
- Stellar power station · Gas · 1,250 MW · 2 km
- Batangas power station · Coal · 600 MW · 5 km
- Avion · Gas · 100 MW · 5 km
- STA RITA · Gas · 1,095 MW · 6 km
- San Gabriel · Gas · 420 MW · 7 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.
Operator
Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 13.7°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 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 1232 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
- JG Summit Petrochemical , Batangas · Petrochemical · 984,435 t CO₂
- Republic Batangas Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,038,180 t CO₂
- SteelAsia Calaca plant · Steel Plant · 26,857 t CO₂
- Republic Teresa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,274,267 t CO₂
- Solid Cement Antipolo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,004,223 t CO₂
- Petron Bataan Refinery · Refinery · 1,028,663 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 13.72346, 121.06726. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery?
Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery is a refinery in Philippines. 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 Tabangao Batangas Refinery located?
Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery is in Philippines at approximately 13.72346, 121.06726.
Who operates Shell Tabangao Batangas Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Shell PLC.