Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical, Guangdong, Guangzhou — China

Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical, Guangdong, Guangzhou is a petrochemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 220,000 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. By capacity it ranks #12 among 12 petrochemical plants in China. It emits about 376,168 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.01% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 31% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648393.

In context: how this facility compares

At 220,000 t of ethylene, Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical, Guangdong, Guangzhou is below the median petrochemical plant in China (740,000 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 376,168 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 China

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

Local climate

Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical, Guangdong, Guangzhou sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 23.1°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 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 1277 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.98× 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 #12 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery
• Angang Lianzhong Stainless Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 391,012 t CO₂
• Dongguan Pulp & Paper Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
• Pingding County Baiyu Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
• Jinzhuang Yongxingda Building Materials Factory, Bagong Town, Zezhou County. · Lime Plant
• Gaoping City Shunmin Lime Factory · Lime Plant

Location

Coordinates 23.12197, 113.47578. View on OpenStreetMap.

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