S-Oil Ulsan, Ulsan

S-Oil Ulsan, Ulsan is a petrochemical in South Korea. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Saudi Arabian Oil Co.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1577678.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

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.

Capacity vs largest petrochemical plants in South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Saudi Arabian Oil Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

S-Oil Ulsan, Ulsan sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.5°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

• S-Oil Onsan Condensate Splitter · Refinery · 470,625 t CO₂
• KPIC Onsan Plant, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,220,591 t CO₂
• S-Oil Onsan Refinery · Refinery · 6,196,517 t CO₂
• SK geo centric, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,166,343 t CO₂
• Moorim Paper Co. Ltd - Moorim P&P · Pulp & Paper Mill · 135,954 t CO₂
• SK Ulsan Refinery · Refinery · 7,295,436 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.45217, 129.32939. View on OpenStreetMap.

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