Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas

Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas is a petrochemical in Bulgaria with a reported capacity of 250,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It emits about 241,080 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 56,196 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 28% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-40691242.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 250,000 t of ethylene, Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas é em torno de a mediana de petrochemical em Bulgaria (250,000 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 241,080 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.

Local climate

Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 42.5°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

• LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas Refinery · Refinery · 1,488,919 t CO₂
• Feshko Fashion Services Company Ood · Textiles · 1,156 t CO₂
• E Miroglio Ead Spinning And Dyeing Yambol · Textiles · 1,156 t CO₂
• Manchevi Eood · Textiles · 1,156 t CO₂
• Solvay Sodi Devnya Soda Ash Plant · Chemical Plant · 529,204 t CO₂
• Devnya Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 205,359 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.5403, 27.32689. View on OpenStreetMap.

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