Petronas Penapisan Terengganu Refinery

Petronas Penapisan Terengganu Refinery is a refinery in Malaysia with a reported capacity of 124,000 BBL per day. It processes crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through distillation, cracking and reforming. It is operated by Petroliam Nasional Bhd. By capacity it ranks #4 of 7 oil refineries tracked in Malaysia. It emits about 1,079,111 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 251,541 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144022.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 124,000 BBL per day, Petronas Penapisan Terengganu Refinery é em torno de a mediana de refinery em Malaysia (124,000 BBL per day). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 27% acima de a mediana de refinery. 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 1,079,111 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 Malaysia

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

Operator

Operated by Petroliam Nasional Bhd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Petronas Penapisan Terengganu Refinery sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 4.6°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 #4 largest of 7 oil refineries in Malaysia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Malaysian Refining Company Melaka I Refinery · Refinery · 408,283 t CO₂
• Petronas Chemicals Ethylene, Sdn. Bhd. Kertih · Petrochemical · 2,132,943 t CO₂
• Eastern Steel Kemaman plant · Steel Plant · 4,167,355 t CO₂
• Alliance Steel Kuantan plant · Steel Plant · 5,127,624 t CO₂
• YTL Bukit Sagu Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 480,995 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 4.57151, 103.46038. View on OpenStreetMap.

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