Al Qaryan steel plant

Al Qaryan steel plant is a steel plant in Saudi Arabia with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). By capacity it ranks #6 of 6 steel plants tracked in Saudi Arabia. It emits about 910,474 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 212,232 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 141% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42741845.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 700,000 t of steel, Al Qaryan steel plant é abaixo de a mediana de steel plant em Saudi Arabia (1,200,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 138% acima de a mediana de steel plant. Subsetor: iron-and-steel. Como steel plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1500°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As usinas de aço queimam carvão em altos-fornos ou usam arcos elétricos para derreter sucata; em ambos os casos, o metal fundido deve ser mantido acima de 1.500°C e transferido através de tubulações e vasos de calor extensos.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 910,474 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest steel plants in Saudi Arabia

Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Al Qaryan steel plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 26.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #6 largest of 6 steel plants in Saudi Arabia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Al Ittefaq Arab Steel Dammam plant · Steel Plant · 1,306,009 t CO₂
• Al Ittefaq National Steel Dammam plant · Steel Plant · 423,032 t CO₂
• Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery · Refinery · 5,770,054 t CO₂
• Bahrain Petroleum Company Refinery · Refinery · 4,006,005 t CO₂
• Askar aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 3,506,478 t CO₂
• Askar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 340,384 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 26.28253, 49.95605. View on OpenStreetMap.

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