SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery — Gabon
Refinery in Gabon. Approximate location -0.68148, 8.77609.
RefineryGabonCO₂ estimate (modelled)
SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is a refinery in Gabon. Its listed capacity is 24,000 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 Shell PLC. It emits about 100,694 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 27% of the CO₂e from the 2 facilities in Gabon that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 51% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753567.
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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- Petro-Canada Mississauga Lubricants Refinery · 105,301 t CO₂e/yr · Canada
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Cap Lopez power plant · Gas · 120 MW · 5 km
- Port-Gentil · Gas · 68 MW · 8 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 24,000 BBL per day, SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is around the median refinery in Gabon (24,000 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 100,694 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 101k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), SOGARA Port Gentil 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 €7.6M/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 Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 0.7°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1243 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.96× 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
- Nkan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 274,100 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates -0.68148, 8.77609. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery?
SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is a refinery in Gabon. 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 SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery?
The open dataset lists 24,000 BBL per day of capacity for SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery.
How much CO₂ does SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery emit?
The page uses about 100,694 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in Gabon by estimated CO₂.
Where is SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery located?
SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery is in Gabon at approximately -0.68148, 8.77609.
Who operates SOGARA Port Gentil Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Shell PLC.