Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad

Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad is a petrochemical in Iran with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Borujen Petrochemical . By capacity it ranks #5 of 11 petrochemical plants tracked in Iran. It emits about 1,303,485 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 303,843 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731917.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,000,000 t of ethylene, Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad é bem acima de a mediana de petrochemical em Iran (565,000 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 1,303,485 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 petrochemical plants in Iran

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

Operator

Operated by Borujen Petrochemical .

Local climate

Gachsaran Petrochemical Company (8th Olefin complex), Gachsaran,Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Amad sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 30.4°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 #5 largest of 11 petrochemical plants in Iran by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Behbahan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 237,398 t CO₂
• Tangari Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 103,633 t CO₂
• IRN-Genaveh_methanol · Chemical Plant · 437,742 t CO₂
• Borzajan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 248,079 t CO₂
• Haftkel Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 626,894 t CO₂
• Shiraz Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 538,428 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.41179, 50.747. View on OpenStreetMap.

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