Equate Petrochemical Co. , Al-Shuaiba,

Equate Petrochemical Co. , Al-Shuaiba, is a petrochemical in Kuwait with a reported capacity of 1,700,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Kuwait Projects Company Holding KSCP. It emits about 2,215,924 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 516,532 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731920.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,700,000 t of ethylene, Equate Petrochemical Co. , Al-Shuaiba, é em torno de a mediana de petrochemical em Kuwait (1,700,000 t of ethylene). Subsetor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Como petrochemical, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 300–800°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 plantas petroquímicas craquean hidrocarbonetos em temperaturas muito altas para produzir etileno, propileno e outros produtos químicos básicos — um dos processos industriais mais intensivos em 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 2,215,924 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.

Operator

Operated by Kuwait Projects Company Holding KSCP. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Equate Petrochemical Co. , Al-Shuaiba, sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 29.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• KNPC Shuaiba Refinery · Refinery
• Kuwait Cement Shuaiba Plant · Cement Plant · 979,660 t CO₂
• KNPC Mina Abdullah Refinery · Refinery · 4,733,535 t CO₂
• United Steel Industrial Kuwait Steel Sharq plant · Steel Plant · 267,696 t CO₂
• KNPC Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery · Refinery · 3,607,496 t CO₂
• KIPIC Al-Zour Refinery · Refinery · 8,272,164 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 29.02636, 48.14116. View on OpenStreetMap.

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