SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery — Azerbaijan
Refinery in Azerbaijan. Approximate location 40.40606, 49.92183.
RefineryAzerbaijanCO₂ estimate (modelled)
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery is a refinery in Azerbaijan. Its listed capacity is 120,000 BBL per day. 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 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic. It emits about 1,208,033 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 34% of the CO₂e from the 8 facilities in Azerbaijan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 17% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143737.
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.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
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- PAR Pacific Kapolei Refinery · 1,201,277 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- BP Emsland Lingen Refinery · 1,200,935 t CO₂e/yr · Germany
- ENEOS Sendai Refinery · 1,193,308 t CO₂e/yr · Japan
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Baku ES · Gas · 107 MW · 4 km
- Baku TEC · Gas · 107 MW · 4 km
- Gobu power station · Gas · 384 MW · 21 km
- Shimal · Gas · 400 MW · 26 km
- Sumqayit · Gas · 525 MW · 33 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 120,000 BBL per day, SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery is around the median refinery in Azerbaijan (120,000 BBL per day). 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.
What 1,208,033 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.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 1.2M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €91.0M/yr.
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 40.4°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 dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1357 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.04× 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
- Baku Steel Company steel plant · Steel Plant · 133,350 t CO₂
- Garadagh Methanol · Chemical Plant · 240,300 t CO₂
- SOCAR Sumgait Azerichimya, Sumgait · Petrochemical · 250,810 t CO₂
- Holcim Garadagh Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 388,063 t CO₂
- Norm Sement Qizildas Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 695,596 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 40.40606, 49.92183. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery?
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery is a refinery in Azerbaijan. 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.
What capacity is listed for SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery?
The open dataset lists 120,000 BBL per day of capacity for SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery.
How much CO₂ does SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,208,033 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1 among facilities in Azerbaijan by estimated CO₂.
Where is SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery located?
SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery is in Azerbaijan at approximately 40.40606, 49.92183.
Who operates SOCAR Heydar Aliyev Baku Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic.