Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La

Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La is a petrochemical in United States with a reported capacity of 1,432,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. By capacity it ranks #12 of 34 petrochemical plants tracked in United States. It emits about 1,940,576 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 452,349 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648330.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,432,000 t of ethylene, Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La é bem acima de a mediana de petrochemical em United States (1,000,000 t of ethylene). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 7% acima de a mediana de petrochemical. 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 1,940,576 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 petrochemical plants in United States

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

Local climate

Shell Chemicals Ltd., Norco, La sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.0°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 #12 largest of 34 petrochemical plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• HEXION INC. · Chemical Plant · 3,071 t CO₂
• Valero St. Charles Refinery · Refinery · 2,821,114 t CO₂
• Shell Norco Refinery · Refinery · 2,264,806 t CO₂
• Air Products and Chemicals - Norco SMR · Chemical Plant · 934,629 t CO₂
• Dow Chemical Co., Taft 1,La. · Petrochemical · 1,269,503 t CO₂
• Linde Inc, St. Charles Facility · Chemical Plant · 937,011 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 30.00166, -90.42467. View on OpenStreetMap.

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