Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing — China

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing is a petrochemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 700,000 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 #9 among 12 petrochemical plants in China. It emits about 1,196,897 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.05% 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-731876.

In context: how this facility compares

At 700,000 t of ethylene, Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing is around 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 1,196,897 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 Shanghai Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.8°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 humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1338 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× 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 #9 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 3,976,695 t CO₂
• Shanghai Secco Petrochemical, Shanghai, Caojing · Petrochemical · 1,949,233 t CO₂
• Jiaxing Pulp & Paperboard · Pulp & Paper Mill
• Shanghai Baijin Chemical Group Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
• Zhejiang Wantai Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 262,100 t CO₂
• Zhenshi Group Eastern Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 152,891 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.78674, 121.46108. View on OpenStreetMap.

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