Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery — China
Refinery in China. Approximate location 36.68536, 109.84836.
RefineryChinaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery is a refinery in China. 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 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd. It emits about 1,248,931 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.05% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-712361.
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
- Yan'an Thermal power station · Coal · 700 MW · 15 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
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 1,248,931 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 1.2M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an 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 €94.1M/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 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 36.7°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 a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1403 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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
- Yanan (Fuxian) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 4,650,585 t CO₂
- Yanchang Yongping Refinery · Refinery · 1,118,446 t CO₂
- Tongchuan Shengwei Building Materials Co., Ltd. Ansai Branch. · Lime Plant
- Yichuan aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,190,077 t CO₂
- Shilou County Julong Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Wubao Jidong Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 351,307 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 36.68536, 109.84836. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery?
Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery is a refinery in China. 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.
How much CO₂ does Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,248,931 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #483 among facilities in China by estimated CO₂.
Where is Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery located?
Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery is in China at approximately 36.68536, 109.84836.
Who operates Yanchang Shaanxi Yan'an Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co Ltd.