SORAZ Refinery — Niger
Refinery in Niger. Approximate location 14.18612, 8.78489.
RefineryNigerCO₂ estimate (modelled)
SORAZ Refinery is a refinery in Niger. Its listed capacity is 20,000 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 Government of Nigeria. It emits about 81,557 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 12% of the CO₂e from the 3 facilities in Niger that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 53% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40040655.
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
- Soraz · Oil · 54 MW · 0 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 20,000 BBL per day, SORAZ Refinery is around the median refinery in Niger (20,000 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 81,557 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 82k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), SORAZ 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 €6.1M/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 Government of Nigeria.
Local climate
SORAZ Refinery sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 14.2°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1224 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× 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.
Location
Coordinates 14.18612, 8.78489. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is SORAZ Refinery?
SORAZ Refinery is a refinery in Niger. 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 SORAZ Refinery?
The open dataset lists 20,000 BBL per day of capacity for SORAZ Refinery.
How much CO₂ does SORAZ Refinery emit?
The page uses about 81,557 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #3 among facilities in Niger by estimated CO₂.
Where is SORAZ Refinery located?
SORAZ Refinery is in Niger at approximately 14.18612, 8.78489.
Who operates SORAZ Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Government of Nigeria.