Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery — Senegal
Refinery in Senegal. Approximate location 14.74097, -17.34802.
RefinerySenegalCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery is a refinery in Senegal. Its listed capacity is 30,000 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 Petrosen. It emits about 116,021 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.2% of the CO₂e from the 4 facilities in Senegal that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 55% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40040656.
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.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Cap des Biches (engine) power station · Gas · 86 MW · 6 km
- Kounoune power station · Oil · 68 MW · 9 km
- Karpowership (Senegal) Aysegul Sultan power station · Gas · 235 MW · 11 km
- Bel-Air C6 power station · Gas · 90 MW · 11 km
- Bel-Air · Oil · 99 MW · 14 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 30,000 BBL per day, Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery is around the median refinery in Senegal (30,000 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 116,021 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 116k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) 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 €8.7M/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 Petrosen.
Local climate
Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 14.7°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 1263 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
- Dakar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 998,745 t CO₂
- Thies Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 359,215 t CO₂
- Kirene Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,113,984 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 14.74097, -17.34802. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery?
Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery is a refinery in Senegal. 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 Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery?
The open dataset lists 30,000 BBL per day of capacity for Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery.
How much CO₂ does Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery emit?
The page uses about 116,021 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #4 among facilities in Senegal by estimated CO₂.
Where is Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery located?
Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery is in Senegal at approximately 14.74097, -17.34802.
Who operates Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Petrosen.