Alexandria Petroleum Company El Mex Refinery

Alexandria Petroleum Company El Mex Refinery is a refinery in Egypt with a reported capacity of 117,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. By capacity it ranks #4 of 9 oil refineries tracked in Egypt. It emits about 825,179 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 192,349 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 16% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1825355.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 117,000 BBL per day, Alexandria Petroleum Company El Mex Refinery é bem acima de a mediana de refinery em Egypt (90,000 BBL per day). Subsetor: oil-and-gas-refining. Como refinery, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 200–600°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 refinarias aquecem, fracionam e transformam quimicamente o petróleo bruto em combustíveis e matérias-primas petroquímicas através de destilação e craqueamento que consomem muita energia — extremamente exigentes em geração de vapor e recuperação de calor.

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 825,179 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 oil refineries in Egypt

Reported capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Alexandria Petroleum Company El Mex Refinery sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 31.1°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 #4 largest of 9 oil refineries in Egypt by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Globe International Industries · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
• Jade Apparel Industries · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 31.14278, 29.84433. View on OpenStreetMap.

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