Idemitsu Kosan Yokkaichi Refinery

Idemitsu Kosan Yokkaichi Refinery is a refinery in Japan with a reported capacity of 255,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #2 of 21 oil refineries tracked in Japan. It emits about 2,181,935 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 508,610 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1753656.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 255,000 BBL per day, Idemitsu Kosan Yokkaichi Refinery é bem acima de a mediana de refinery em Japan (145,000 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 2,181,935 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 Japan

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

Operator

Operated by Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Idemitsu Kosan Yokkaichi Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 21 oil refineries in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Refinery · Refinery · 655,429 t CO₂
• Tosoh Yokkaichi Complex, Yokkaichi · Petrochemical · 693,142 t CO₂
• Idemitsu Kosan Aichi Refinery · Refinery · 1,454,624 t CO₂
• Kyoei Steel Nagoya Division (Tokai) · Steel Plant · 73,158 t CO₂
• Daido Steel Chita plant (Tokai) · Steel Plant · 86,749 t CO₂
• Nippon Nagoya steel plant · Steel Plant · 6,948,397 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.96834, 136.64139. View on OpenStreetMap.

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