KNPC Shuaiba Refinery

KNPC Shuaiba Refinery is a refinery in Kuwait. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Kuwait National Petroleum Co.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144008.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

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.

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Kuwait

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

Operator

Operated by Kuwait National Petroleum Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

KNPC Shuaiba Refinery 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

• Equate Petrochemical Co. , Al-Shuaiba, · Petrochemical · 2,215,924 t CO₂
• Kuwait Cement Shuaiba Plant · Cement Plant · 979,660 t CO₂
• KNPC Mina Abdullah Refinery · Refinery · 4,733,535 t CO₂
• KNPC Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery · Refinery · 3,607,496 t CO₂
• United Steel Industrial Kuwait Steel Sharq plant · Steel Plant · 267,696 t CO₂
• KIPIC Al-Zour Refinery · Refinery · 8,272,164 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 29.03461, 48.14025. View on OpenStreetMap.

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