Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming — China
Petrochemical in China. Approximate location 21.67621, 110.88425.
PetrochemicalChinaCO₂ not individually reported
Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming is a petrochemical plant in China. 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 China Petrochemical Corp. No facility-measured CO₂ figure is available in the open dataset used here.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648394.
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
- Maoming Refinery power station · Coal · 100 MW · 1 km
- Guangdong Maoming (Yongcheng) power station · Biomass · 24 MW · 7 km
- GCL Gaozhou Distributed Gas power station · Gas · 150 MW · 17 km
- Guangdong Gaozhou City (Langkun) power station · Biomass · 25 MW · 18 km
- Guangdong Wuchuan City power station · Biomass · 25 MW · 30 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming; Climate TRACE provides only a petrochemical sector-level estimate, so a precise per-site figure, ranking or carbon cost would be misleading and is not shown.
CO₂: Climate TRACE sector-level estimate (not facility-measured).
Operator
Operated by China Petrochemical Corp. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 21.7°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 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 1266 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× 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
- Sinopec Maoming Refining and Chemical Refinery · Refinery · 3,447,376 t CO₂
- Guangdong Zhonghe Huasu Co., Ltd. Fengyuan Fine Chemical Branch (Calcium Carbonate Plant) · Lime Plant
- Maoming Petrochemical Shengli Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 863,907 t CO₂
- Zhanjiang Qianfeng Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Sinopec Zhanjiang Dongxing Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery
- Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 15,197,703 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 21.67621, 110.88425. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming?
Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming is a petrochemical plant in China. 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.
How much CO₂ does Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming.
Where is Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming located?
Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming is in China at approximately 21.67621, 110.88425.
Who operates Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical, Guangdong, Maoming?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is China Petrochemical Corp.