SP Chemicals, Jiangsu, Taizhou — China

SP Chemicals, Jiangsu, Taizhou is a petrochemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 650,000 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. It is operated by SPChemicals. By capacity it ranks #10 among 12 petrochemical plants in China. It emits about 704,596 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.03% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 17% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648403.

In context: how this facility compares

At 650,000 t of ethylene, SP Chemicals, Jiangsu, Taizhou 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 704,596 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).

Operator

Operated by SPChemicals.

Local climate

SP Chemicals, Jiangsu, Taizhou sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 32.2°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 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 1345 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 #10 largest of 12 petrochemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Zhongye Dongfang Jiangsu Heavy Industry Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 396,530 t CO₂
• CNOOC Taizhou Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 742,246 t CO₂
• Zhenjiang (Jingkou) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 3,417,600 t CO₂
• Yangzhou Hengrun Ocean Heavy Industry Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 5,066,326 t CO₂
• Jiangsu Changqiang Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 2,519,965 t CO₂
• Jiangsu Hongtai Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 312,466 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 32.15967, 119.93239. View on OpenStreetMap.

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