Shell & DEA Oil GMBH , Wesseling

Shell & DEA Oil GMBH , Wesseling is a petrochemical in Germany with a reported capacity of 310,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Shell PLC. By capacity it ranks #8 of 9 petrochemical plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 388,702 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 90,607 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 7% below the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648360.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 310,000 t of ethylene, Shell & DEA Oil GMBH , Wesseling é abaixo de a mediana de petrochemical em Germany (565,000 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 388,702 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by Shell PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shell & DEA Oil GMBH , Wesseling sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.9°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 #8 largest of 9 petrochemical plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery · Refinery · 4,197,080 t CO₂
• Basell Polyfine GMBH , Wesseling · Petrochemical · 1,527,827 t CO₂
• Kampffmeyer Mühlen Gmbh, Werk Ellmühle · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Pfeifer & Langen Gmbh & Co. Kg Werk Euskirchen · Food & Beverage · 122,876 t CO₂
• INEOS , Dormagen · Petrochemical · 1,696,769 t CO₂
• INEOS Nitriles Cologne · Chemical Plant · 785,810 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.85518, 6.97697. View on OpenStreetMap.

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