VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY — United States
Chemical Plant in United States. Approximate location 38.07167, -122.13975.
Chemical PlantUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)
VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It emits about 861,511 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.15% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3674809.
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
- MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC · 861,361 t CO₂e/yr · United States
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Valero Refinery Cogeneration Unit 1 · Gas · 50 MW · 0 km
- Martinez Sulfuric Acid Regeneration Plt · Cogeneration · 4 MW · 5 km
- Martinez Refining · Gas · 100 MW · 7 km
- Crockett Cogen Project · Gas · 247 MW · 7 km
- C&H Sugar Plant · Other · 8 MW · 7 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: other-chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 861,511 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 862k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA 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 €64.9M/yr.
Measured CO₂: 3.0M t/yr — verified GHGRP (reporting year 2023) (246% above the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 862k t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: measured (GHGRP RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Parent company
Valero Energy Corp US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.
Local climate
VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 38.1°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1349 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
- Valero Benecia Refinery · Refinery · 1,892,807 t CO₂
- Valley Fine Foods Company, Inc. · Food & Beverage
- PBF Martinex Refinery · Refinery · 2,041,620 t CO₂
- Air Products West coast Hydrogen - HP-2 · Chemical Plant · 364,781 t CO₂
- MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC · Chemical Plant · 861,361 t CO₂
- Air Products West Coast Hydrogen - HP-1 · Chemical Plant · 473,078 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 38.07167, -122.13975. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY?
VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.
How much CO₂ does VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY emit?
The page uses about 861,511 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #143 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.
Where is VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY located?
VALERO REFINING CO - CALI FORNIA BENICIA REFINERY is in United States at approximately 38.07167, -122.13975.