Sinopec - SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical, Tianjin, Tianjin — China

Sinopec - SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical, Tianjin, Tianjin is a petrochemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 1,300,000 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 Saudi Basic Industries Corp. By capacity it ranks #3 among 12 petrochemical plants in China. It emits about 2,222,809 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.08% 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-18648390.

In context: how this facility compares

At 1,300,000 t of ethylene, Sinopec - SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical, Tianjin, Tianjin is well above 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 2,222,809 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).

Operator

Operated by Saudi Basic Industries Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Sinopec - SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical, Tianjin, Tianjin sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 38.8°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1373 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.06× 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 12 petrochemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemical, Tianjin, Tianjin · Petrochemical · 261,912 t CO₂
• Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 1,477,640 t CO₂
• Tianjin Rockcheck Steel Group Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 7,040,209 t CO₂
• Tianjin Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 5,664,101 t CO₂
• Tianjin Pipe Corporation · Steel Plant · 1,413,454 t CO₂
• Tianjin Dagu Chemical Company Tianjin Complex · Chemical Plant · 186,032 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 38.81987, 117.42017. View on OpenStreetMap.

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