Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island

Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island is a petrochemical in Singapore with a reported capacity of 1,150,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by PT Top Investment Indonesia . By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 petrochemical plants tracked in Singapore. It emits about 2,358,543 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 549,777 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 53% above the median petrochemical.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-731967.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,150,000 t of ethylene, Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island é em torno de a mediana de petrochemical em Singapore (1,150,000 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 2,358,543 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 Singapore

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

Operator

Operated by PT Top Investment Indonesia .

Local climate

Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 1.3°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 #2 largest of 3 petrochemical plants in Singapore by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore, Pulau Ayer Merbau · Petrochemical · 2,255,998 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Singapore Refinery · Refinery · 5,634,555 t CO₂
• Singapore Refining Corporation Refinery · Refinery · 2,337,565 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Chemical Jurong Island, Jurong Island · Petrochemical · 3,896,724 t CO₂
• Natsteel Singapore plant · Steel Plant · 24,000 t CO₂
• Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore Refinery · Refinery · 2,265,996 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 1.26601, 103.72504. View on OpenStreetMap.

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