Astron Capetown Refinery

Astron Capetown Refinery is a refinery in South Africa with a reported capacity of 100,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. By capacity it ranks #3 of 4 oil refineries tracked in South Africa. It emits about 795,914 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 185,528 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% below the median refinery.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144113.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 100,000 BBL per day, Astron Capetown Refinery é em torno de a mediana de refinery em South Africa (108,500 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 795,914 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 South Africa

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

Local climate

Astron Capetown Refinery sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 33.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 4 oil refineries in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Levi Strauss - South Africa - Sa (Epping) · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Indigo Brands (Pty) Ltd. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Sockit Manufacturing Pty · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Riebeeck Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 150,188 t CO₂
• De Hoek Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 147,132 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -33.84106, 18.53019. View on OpenStreetMap.

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