YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery — Bolivia
Refinery in Bolivia. Approximate location -17.87477, -63.20236.
RefineryBoliviaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery is a refinery in Bolivia. 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. By capacity it ranks #2 among 2 oil refineries in Bolivia. It emits about 101,530 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.8% of the CO₂e from the 9 facilities in Bolivia 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-3143747.
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
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- San Joaquin Refining Bakersfield Refinery · 104,059 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- Tupras Batman Oil Refinery · 98,509 t CO₂e/yr · Türkiye
- 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
- Guaracachi CCGT Power Plant Bolivia · Gas · 350 MW · 11 km
- Santa Cruz Power Plant Bolivia · Gas · 42 MW · 15 km
- Warnes power station · Gas · 530 MW · 38 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 24,000 BBL per day, YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery is below the median refinery in Bolivia (40,500 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 101,530 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 102k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz 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 €7.7M/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.
Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Bolivia
Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Local climate
YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 17.9°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 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 1256 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× 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 #2 largest of 2 oil refineries in Bolivia by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Location
Coordinates -17.87477, -63.20236. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery?
YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery is a refinery in Bolivia. 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 YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery?
The open dataset lists 24,000 BBL per day of capacity for YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery.
How much CO₂ does YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery emit?
The page uses about 101,530 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #8 among facilities in Bolivia by estimated CO₂.
Where is YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery located?
YPFB Guillermo Elder Bell Santa Cruz Refinery is in Bolivia at approximately -17.87477, -63.20236.